Finally, football has taken over India, claimed the FIFA U-17 World Cup's director of the Local Organising Committee, Javier Ceppi yesterday. "In the 36 group league matches, there were more than 800,000 people present in the stands over six cities. That averages around 23,000 people attending every match while India's matches had an average of 49,000 which is astonishing.

Javier Ceppi