Togo vs. Switzerland: Dortmund 1500

June 19th, 2006 | By: Nick O'Neill | 7 Comments »

Togo plays Switzerland today in what promises to the a boring game (watch them rack up 8 goals). The Swiss are about as exciting a block of cheese and Togo lost 2-1 in their opening game to S. Korea.

Why do we care about the result today? Togo pretty much has to win this game, then go on to draw with France, in order to go through. The Sparrow Hawks are bottom of Group G, played 1, zero points. Their best chance of a win is against the Swiss, and anything less than a draw means they’re out.

Togo’s players attitude towards this World Cup, has been pretty shitty. Forget about national pride, or the love of the game, they threatened not to continue if they weren’t paid a lot of money. If Togo came out and played well, some of these knuckleheads might actually get picked up by decent teams.

Prediction for the game: My last prediction was total crap. I said 4-0 to Korea, and Togo kept it close at 2-1. If Togo can use the talent they have and play as a team (like those soccer cliches?- its a game of 2 halves…) they might be able to give the Swiss a scare. Whatever, Togo will probably not be on any World Cup schedule for many years, so lets enjoy the novelty of it.

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Comments

By Koranteng | June 19th, 2006 at 12:19 pm

I’m more optimistic. I don’t think the players came to be tourists and even despite the showboating and peacock displays for scouts and agents, they now have a good opportunity. A little organization coupled with a little luck will do the trick. Hell there are several million dollars of Togolese money currently sitting in Swiss bank coffers. A little payback wouldn’t be amiss.

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By Aleksandar | June 19th, 2006 at 2:09 pm

Togo the best. Switzerland are weak. Come one Togo you can win this one.

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By elAdi | June 20th, 2006 at 3:36 am

Hm, astonishing how many people have no clue of this game.

Any team will have a hard time beating Switzerland. And football is not just about attacking…ask the classic attacking-beautiful-football nations like Portugal, Spain, Holland who have won so much with their style of football. :)

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By Lars | June 20th, 2006 at 8:09 am

Amazing how people talk about having luck in football. The only luck that switzerland had was the Paraguaian refree, he simply handed them the match. Refree decision change matches and today we’ve seen that.

By bunny | June 24th, 2006 at 4:00 pm

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