"We are still at hospital. We were machine-gunned like dogs and had to remain hidden under our seats for around 20 minutes to avoid the bullets. were shot, although we had two police coaches on our sides. There are two injured players and also some staff." as described by Nantes and Togo striker Thomas Dossevi.
"We are still in shock. If the security is not sure, then we will be leaving tomorrow. I don't think they will be ready to give their life. We will discuss everything as a team and we will take a decision that we think is good for our career, is good for our life and good for our family." Adebayor added.
This could be the worst ever start for any soccer competition I heard of. This makes Algerian bus incident in Cairo like child plays. Togo bus driver was killed, news about two or three Togo players were injured as rebels opened gunfire on Togo bus. European clubs are running after their players trying to pull them out, players wanna go home. I don't blame them of course.
I was about to get prepared to predict which teams will leave early and which will make it to the final stages, but with this tragedic incident, seems, nothing can be predicted. All teams wanna go home early.
With such an atmosphere, we might not seen many great moments like those in the past:
As a reminder to which extent team emotions might impact performance, remember Cameroon in 1994 WC? They did a great opening against Sweden and tyed 2-2. No one can blame them for losting to Brazil 94 by three goals. But the disasterous performance came in the third game losing to Russia 1-6. Later, it was apparent that six of the team players were unhappy in Cameroon and tried to stay back as they were facing financial problems with their national team.
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