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Outsiders Togo warm up with 4-0 victory
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-07 15:41

WANGEN, Germany, June 6 - Goals from Emmanuel Adebayor, Thomas Dossevi, Mohamed Kader Coubadja and Yao Senaya led World Cup debutants Togo to a 4-0 win over local side Wangen in their final warm-up on Tuesday.

"I was satisfied with the match but we missed quite a lot of goals and we will have to work on that," Togo's German coach Otto Pfister told reporters.

"We have a good chance against (South) Korea and after that we will see."

Togo launch their challenge against Korea in Frankfurt on June 13. Their other Group G opponents are Switzerland and France.

German brass music was joined by Togolese drums and Mexican waves before the start of Tuesday's game.

The spa town with 20,000 citizens gave a warm welcome to the African team, flying thousands of Togolese flags that had been handed out.

Togo, who have only qualified for a handful of African Nations Cup tournaments and have never won a trophy, shocked the established order by finishing top of their World Cup qualifying group ahead of Senegal.

However, not having scored a single goal at this year's African Nations Cup, the team are rank outsiders in Germany.