Monday, June 19, 2006

Togo players reconsider World Cup boycott

Togo players flew to Dortmund on Sunday ahead of Monday's match against Switzerland after being talked out of boycotting the game.

The continuing row over their bonuses led to a mutiny with the players refusing to travel to the match.
The squad had a crisis meeting with FIFA officials and coach Otto Pfister at their base in Bavaria and were persuaded to fly to Dortmund.
A FIFA spokesman said: "There were some problems with the team not wanting to travel and our local co-ordinator contacted them and said if they did not do so it would be a very serious matter, so they agreed to play the match."