The Coach came back. FIFA chief Sepp Blatter sent his henchmen and threatened Togo players with dire consequences. This ain’t like letting Gandhi’s Indians launch their boycott in 1950, over not being allowed to play barefoot. FIFA didn’t care then but now the TV companies who run the universe would have sued the boots off FIFA this time around.
Principles matter. Still my Togolese played. Quite well. But the Force wasn’t with them. Nor was the Ref, who denied two penalties.
Ah, Togolese! Now they need to lose by at least 2 goal margin to let France not embarrass themselves. But then these days the French don’t even have to try. They too don’t find the force with them.
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[...] If you remember, last summer Togolese, led by their mercurial forward Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal, entertained us immensely in the Soccer World Cup. Bermuda don’t do any of the nakras that Togo team did. (To jog your memory here is how Togo’s World Cup unfolded: Manager quit before the first game, only to come back; the team almost opted not to play the second and were eliminated before the third game began. It was compelling drama, with each new development more implausible than the previous one.) [...]
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