Outright Odds: five hundred/1
Team G Winners: sixteen/one
First-time World Cup qualification for that tiny west African nation was such a great achievement the countrys president declared a national getaway to celebrate.
Togo had hardly ever appear close to qualifying just before right up until they embarked on the background making marketing campaign which observed them protected a place in Germany forward of 2002 Environment Cup quarter finalists Senegal and African Cup of Nations finalists Mali.
After a anxious start out which saw them eliminate their opening match inside of a preliminary qualification tie in opposition to minnows Equatorial Guinea one-0, they received the return leg 2-0 and following losing their opening team match away to Zambia, remained unbeaten to top rated the team.
Their put in Germany was decided on the ultimate day of qualifying and a draw at Congo could well be sufficient. They fell powering 2 times but two next 50 % targets from Sochaux striker Kader Toure earned Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks) a three-two win.
Qualification observed a celebration to finish all events inside the funds of Lome. Revellers defied an influence Lower and pouring rain to rejoice what was witnessed prior to the qualification matches as an difficult process.
Like South Korea, they've got noticed a alter in administration ahead of the finals this summer time. Previous captain and assistant mentor of Nigerian Stephen Keshi took about pursuing the Zambia defeat and direct Togo to Germany but subsequently left next a very poor displaying on the Cup of Nations. He has become replaced by sixty eight-12 months-old German Otto Pfister who has coached in Switzerland, Asia and Africa but in no way in his homeland.
Togo are a thing of an mysterious quantity and will spring a shock like Senegal did four a long time ago. They've a good amount of pace up front as well as their star player is striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who joined Arsenal from Monaco. He was the continents best goalscorer and weighed in with 11 objectives. Togo even have a really rated goalkeeper in Kossi Agassa that is nicknamed magic palms.
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Proposed Guess
Anyone could spring A serious surprise in this Match so why not Togo who could emulate the achievements liked by Senegal in 2002? Their to start with match pits them towards arguably their weakest opponents in South Korea which could act as a springboard for that video games from France and Switzerland. Its a longshot, but
Togo to qualify from Team G @ 3/1