Instead, their technical deficiencies were glaring. Slovakia, which comes to play at Wembley in a potentially group-defining game on Monday. #8211; but it would be a bad sign if we were only to try hard here and not anywhere else. There were teams last year, and the selectors would take that into account. We have a code of conduct in place and those who will not follow it, will struggle, says Madan Lal. At 36, he knows he is nowhere close to his prime as a player. The left-back was long under Zinedine Zidane’s radar, and his inclusion in the Real squad reduces the work load on Marcelo. Here’s how the nine qualifiers in Europe on Friday left the World Cup qualifying picture:GROUP. So shoddy was WFI’s planning that two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar compared it to preparation for a state tournament. The arrival of a 37-strong Indian contingent dominated the local news but the stint was hardly helpful for the Indian wrestlers.