Togo was beaten by Côte d’Ivoire this Saturday in a friendly. Paulo Duarte is extremely satisfied with his team, despite the loss.
Paulo Duarte is very satisfied with his team’s performance against Ivory Coast.
Togo was defeated mainly by the Ivorians. Thanks to goals from Frank Kessié and Seko Fofana, the Elephants beat the Eperviers. Karim Dermane (2-1), however, was able for the Elephants to score a goal. Paulo Duarte, Eperviers coach, is happy with his team despite the setback.
” We had a great game against a team with many options and solutions. We used a different strategy to approach this match. We changed our game system. It’s normally 4-3.3,” said the Portuguese technician. He said: It was a wonderful, diabolical and fantastic first half. This made me smile. It gives me the impression that what we did against Cape Verde was an unfortunate accident that caused us a lot of pain. The team responded well today without five starters. We were very strong tactically in both high pressing and low pressing. »
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Source: sportnewsafrica