Korea come back & French disappointment

South Korea comes back to beat Togo ...
France still can't score in the World Cup...
"African players take it very easy," said Pfister, who has spent most of his career in Africa. "He thinks he has won before the game is over. Everyone was overconfident before the game. Even myself."

The Black Sparrows were beaten 2-1 by South Korea on Tuesday in their debut on soccer's biggest stage, but the game was merely part of the chaos that has surrounded the team for the last several days.
Who would coach Togo remained a mystery right up until the start of the game, when Otto Pfister appeared on the sideline. Sure, he was wearing jeans and a dark shirt that was buttoned only halfway up instead of the red and black tracksuits favored by the other members of Togo's training staff. But he was there, providing at least temporary stability to a bizarre situation.
And Togo even held a lead at halftime, an almost unthinkable feat considering the off-field turmoil the team has been dealing with, including a dispute between players and the Togo soccer federation over money.
"This situation is definitely very hard," defender Toure Assimiou said. "You're in the World Cup for the first time and then something like this happens."
Togo played with 10 men for the final 37 minutes, too, allowing the more experienced South Koreans to finally to take control of the game. Substitute Ahn Jung-Hwan scored the winner in the 72nd minute, perfectly placing a 25-yard shot to beat Togo goalkeeper Kossi Agassa.
"We had the Koreans under control," Pfister said. "But then after the red card, it was different."
On Monday, Pfister was back at his home in Zurich, Switzerland, after quitting as coach over the weekend in a show of solidarity for his players.

The 68-year-old German stormed out of the team's hotel early Saturday morning, hours after the country's prime minister had come to Germany in an attempt to broke a compromise to the money dispute. The team announced on Monday he was coming back, but when he didn't show up at Togo's hotel on time Monday night, there were more questions on who would be on the sideline for the Black Sparrows.
"No comment," was Pfister's terse reply to repeated questions about the coaching chaos.

The star-studded French were held to a 0-0 tie by Switzerland on Tuesday, bringing back memories of their horrid World Cup 2002 performance, when Les Bleus were knocked out in the first round without finding the net.
The last time the French scored in a World Cup game was when they beat Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 final at Stade de France. They lost 1-0 to Senegal and 2-0 to Denmark at the 2002 championship and were held 0-0 by Uruguay.
The Swiss also held the French to draws in qualifying games and this result could have been even worse for Raymond Domenech's team.
Alexander Frei had a wonderful chance to win it for the Swiss when he leaped to meet a free kick from Ludovic Magnin. Instead of heading the ball, the striker tried to punch it home from 3 yards and was given a yellow card for cheating.
"We knew it would not be easy, but we managed to take two points off a direct rival," Domenech said of the one point the Swiss got instead of three for a win. "I regret that we did not score when had the chance, but we are always at the mercy of these things. The refereeing was not always understandable, even though it is top-level refereeing. It's a shame, but we have to put up with it."
Despite being forced to play as a lone striker, Thierry Henry came close with three shots and a header in the first half, while Zinedine Zidane's deft touches set up the best French moves.
But the Swiss almost went ahead in the 23rd minute when Tranquillo Barnetta fired a free kick into the goal area, Philippe Senderos and Alexander Frei both failed to get a touch in front of goal and the ball struck the post.
Fabien Barthez, one of five current French World Cup players who were on the 1998 winning squad, rescued Les Bleus with a near-post block to keep out a header from Swiss substitute Daniel Gygax in the 65th minute.

France coach Raymond Domenech gave Henry some help by sending on Manchester United striker Louis Saha with 20 minutes to go but, with Zidane fading and Patrick Vieira badly off form, the French remained goalless.
Domenech left Juventus striker David Trezeguet on the bench throughout the game and his other striker, Vikash Dhorasoo, almost snatched victory with two minutes to go.
Zidane and Saha set up the opening and the forward struck a well-timed low shot that flashed past the far post.
Henry was a big disappointment. He headed over the crossbar in the fifth minute and also fired two weak shots at goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbuehler as the French opened up the Swiss defense.