new delhi when it comes to a world cup rankings dont matter ireland the second lowestranked team in the fih womens world cup at no 16 proved all forecasts wrong beating usa 7th 31 the irish girls are smiling at top of pool b in which no 10 india too created some ripples by holding england 2nd 11 if those are any indicators the indiaireland game on thursday will be anything but a mismatchalso read india play ireland in pursuit of first winindias draw against the hosts in their campaign opener invited contrasting analyses some considered the result a point lost by india while some felt the team were lucky to share the honours it will remain debatable if india held england or it was the other way round the indian defence led by goalkeeper savita played its heart out against nine penalty corners and relentless circle entries and luck did play some role there but india remained in lead until the 54th minute on that note the visitors will feel they could have held nerves better and won however thats past now indias focus is now on the video replays from irelands win over the americans coach sjoerd marijne has taken notes with a keyword execution for me its about execution the dutchman said talking to toicom i prefer to go only ten times in the circle and have three goals instead of 34 times and maybe just one goal he said pointing at englands futile attacks talking about execution while indias defence stood like a rock the midfield often left open areas for england to move through from both the flanks india will need to tighten there for its the midfielders that keep the teams heart beating by blocking moves and making play while india did create chances up front they were ferociously outnumbered compared to english attacks but neha goyal must be credited for staying awake to the opportunity when it came calling it was her goal that put england under pressure until lily owsley found the equalisermarijnes comment here puts things into perspective its not about circle entries in the match the match is decided by how many goals a team scores he said exactly had indias midfield been more organised and forwards in regular business the penaltycorner count may not have been 09 in englands favour and would have given gurjit kaur the opportunity to flex muscles with her dragflicksmarijne and senior members like savita captain rani rampal deepika namita toppo and sunita lakra have enough experience to know where they could have done better its a question of executing those simulation drills in match situation and the result will take care of itself marijnes reading of ireland suggested that he expects another close game which india must win for a direct qualification to quarterfinals as pooltoppers teams finishing second and third will play crossover matches for a place in the lasteighti think ireland is a wellorganised team with a lot of discipline they