Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor insists the country will put everything into tomorrow evening's Group G match with former colonial power France - even though the African side has already been eliminated from the World Cup.

The match in Cologne has everything riding on it for the French, who must win to have any qualification hopes and need a two-goal margin of victory to be absolutely sure of progressing to the last 16.

However, even though Togo will be playing the last act of a maiden World Cup campaign beset by farcical off-the-field controversies, Adebayor has vowed the Sparrowhawks will go out on a high.

"Tomorrow we have our game against the French and it's a very important one for us," said Adebayor.

"We will have the chance to show how we can perform and we are determined to play well - it's an important match for the people of Togo.

"We are feeling very good about the game but we are aware that in France we are also facing a very good team."

Togo's World Cup has been more notable for a bizarre sequence of events since they were the first of the 31 foreign teams to arrive in Germany rather than their achievements on the field.

Coach Otto Pfister quit just before the start of the tournament and was then lured back in time for their first match, a 2-1 defeat at the hands of South Korea.

Next came a 2-0 defeat by Switzerland - a match which the players threatened to boycott because of unpaid bonuses - and that result mathematically eliminated the Sparrowhawks from the competition.

However, Adebayor was confident the team could stage a winning finale as did the Ivory Coast, who beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-2 with some thrilling football despite already being eliminated.

"Every game is a different story," said the 22-year-old Arsenal man. "I hope it's a good match and I hope that the best team wins.

"I don't make predictions because I am only a footballer - I am not in the business of making predictions."

Pfister indicated after the Switzerland match in Dortmund he would make changes to the team for the France match, stating his intention to give as many of his 23 players some World Cup experience as possible.

Ludovic Assemoassa is definitely out with cruciate ligament damage that will prevent him playing until 2007 while midfielder Alaixys Romao is suspended after picking up two yellow cards.

On a more positive note, skipper Jean-Paul Abalo could return after being suspended against the Swiss after being sent off against the Koreans.

Pfister, meanwhile, has rejected any suggestions the country known as French Togoland when it was ruled from Paris could be a grudge match.

"It's just a match like any other match," said Pfister. "It's no different from any of the other games."