Newcastle Fan Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Was supposed to go to this game on Tuesday, it was my national team (Bahrain) playing Togo, eventually i couldn't make it but my friends went and said that we absolutely trashed them. I couldn't believe what i heard considering that Togo are pretty decent.. until this came out earlier yesterday. A mysterious Togo squad played a friendly match against Bahrain in Manama on Tuesday, according to L'Equipe. The game, won 3-0 by Bahrain, even appeared on FIFA's website, but the Togolese football federation (FTF) stated the players who had faced the Bahraini national team were not from Togo. According to Europe 1, a fake footballer’s agent, whose name or nationality is not yet know, sold the match to Bahrain, who are preparing for the Asian championships. But the feeble performance of squad during the friendly had stunned members of the Bahraini Football Association (BFA), who only found out the truth after the game. “The very bad game of the 'Togolese' players surprised us, but then to discover that we had been dealing with a fake team was incredible,” said a member of the BFA. Togo’s Sports Minister Christophe Tchao told Jeune Afrique that nobody back home was aware of the encounter. “Nobody here has ever been informed of such a game. We will conduct investigations to uncover all those involved in this case,” he said. The real Togolese national team played Botswana last Saturday in Gaborone during the first round of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches, which they lost to the hosts 2-1, and all the called-up players have successfully rejoined their respective clubs, according to the FTF. http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2010/09/10/2112525/mysterious-togolese-national-team-play-friendly-against Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beren Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Source? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Source? http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2010/09/10/2112525/mysterious-togolese-national-team-play-friendly-against Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I'll add this as well, we scored around 5 or 6 more goals that were counted as false offsides by the NIGERIAN officals who were apperently recommended by the same people who arranged the match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Perhaps it wasn't the real England team that we were watching in South Africa, eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I'll add this as well, we scored around 5 or 6 more goals that were counted as false offsides by the NIGERIAN officals who were apperently recommended by the same people who arranged the match :lol: Why'd you have to capitalise that, man. I'm just amazed that they've conned the whole FA like this. 90% of their teams plays in Europe and specifically France. It's not a mystery team like Seychelles or something. You could look up their photos on the internet ffs. Tbf though, the actual Togolese team is beyond awful, so 3-0 to Bahrain isn't surprising to me anyway. Also, how did the organisers expect to get away with this. Surely they knew Bahrain could find out with a simple phone call. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Because apperently the team wasn't even from Togo not to mention it was an official Fifa game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Change the title of the thread please. Had a heart attack when I saw the thread title; I thought AC broke Ben Arfa's jaw or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Your from Bahrain as well I see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I know about 6 people from Bahrain, I'd never even heard of the place before 2 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Not exactly heaven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 now we know how we got relegated! it wasn't the REAL nufc after all...................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 They should have guessed when there was 11 white men on the pitch really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 They should have guessed when there was 11 white men on the pitch really. Our FA are so thick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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