TOGO ARE THE GREAT UNKNOWN AS GEMMILL EXPECTS UNEXPECTED

SCOTLAND UNDER21s boss Scot Gemmill admits he has no idea what kind of side his young Scots will be facing in today’s Toulon Tournament opener — as he has been unable to find any footage of opponents Togo.

The Scots open their account at the prestigious tournament in Aubagne with a game against the African nation, who are managed by fartravelled 70-year-old Claude Le Roy, now in his 11th international management job.

Gemmill is hoping for a repeat of last year’s showing where Scotland surpassed themselves by finishing third in their first Toulon Tournament for 20 years, which included a memorable win over Brazil — the first at any level for a Scotland team.

But he admits he has struggled to prepare for Togo, whose senior side is rated 128th in the FIFA rankings.

He said: ‘It’s definitely been hard to get footage of Togo — there is none and, believe me, I’ve tried. Normally we would obviously split the preparation into what we do and then really focus on the opposition, watching videos, but we haven’t got the opportunity to do that on this occasion, so the focus has had to be on us.

‘Out of possession we can still prepare in the normal manner but in terms of detail and the lengths we would normally go to, on this occasion we can’t.

‘Obviously each team prepares in their own way, but you would expect them to do what we do normally and use video footage and they will probably find it easier to access that than we have found it to get some on them.

‘We will keep digging and hopefully something will come up but all we probably can do is get the squad list when we arrive and then we will take it from there.’