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Togo is finally being friendly

By: Brad | March 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

1439_news.jpgI have often been very frustrated with the Togolese FA for a few reasons, not the least of which is the fact that they seem to line-up very few international friendlies. Even before major tournaments, ie. THE WORLD CUP, Togo uses a match against Liechtenstein as a warm-up??? And other times, it just seems like there aren’t any friendlies period. How is a club supposed to get better and learn how to play together when they very rarely, well, play together?

That being said, Togo actually has a friendly coming up. That’s right, mark your calenders for March 25 when Togo takes on recent African Cup of Nations participants Guinea in France. Goodness know I won’t be able to see the game or probably even find out much about who played and what not, but at least there will be a game.

A couple questions, will Adebayor take time away from his busy schedule at Arsenal to make an appearance? And will Le Mans Mathieu Dossevi (younger brother of midfielder Thomas Dossevi who was part of Togo’s World Cup team) be called up for the friendly? The younger Dossevi has apparently been likened to Franck Ribery and is currently being closely followed by both Villareal and Porto. Thirdly, as far as I know, Togo is still without a full-time coach. Who will be leading the team against Guinea?

These questions I know aren’t too interesting to Togolese outsiders but to someone like myself who is passionate about Les Eperviers, these are some important things to consider heading into World Cup qualifying season.


Tags: Adebayor, Guinea, international friendlies, Team News, Togo, world cup

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