Friendly-Togo-Paulo Duarte: “We are going to change 7 holders…” against Côte d’Ivoire
Paulo Duarte, Togo coach
Togo will face off against Côte d’Ivoire this Saturday at 4 p.m. (GMT) in a friendly as part of the international break. In search of certainty with his team, the coach of Les Eperviers, Paulo Duarte, returned to the preparation for this match. ” Working with a national team is different from working with a club,” he said. We only worked 5 days and each time we go to play, we have 4 or 5 possible training sessions, but we adapt and I have to be able to integrate the players into the system I want, give information on tactics and positional information in the field that’s what I do. »
He continues: “ And I felt the players adapted, it’s a fantastic response for the game. We are going to change 7 starting players from the last two games. We will give the opportunity to other players as well. Among the holders there are injured like Djene Dakonam, Thibault Klidje, or Attey Youssouf. We will play with the more attacking full-backs. We are waiting to see how the defense will behave and whoever will play the pioneers, correct certain small errors from left to right. We play against a competitive team that has experience, once on the pitch, we have to rely on our quality too. »
Paulo Duarte, Togo coach
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