Some Togo players initially said that they no longer wanted to take the field. Who can blame them? Others later said that they wanted to play to honor the dead and wounded

The Togo team was ambushed Friday in an attack blamed on militants fighting for the independence of Cabinda, a region of Angola cut off from the rest of the country by a strip of Congo. At least two players had gunshot wounds. The team’s goalkeeper was flown to South Africa for emergency surgery.