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Branko Ivankovich: We target the second stage, we will achieve it

18 July 2007 09:49 (UTC +04:00)

We are the favorite of the pair after the first match 1:1 held in Baku, head coach of Dynamo f/c of Croatia Branko Ivankovich said, APA-Sport Agency reports.
Ivankovich came to Baku with the claim of wining victory and he was satisfied with 1:1.
We were ready to end in a draw in bad case and we achieved it. We can win the match. We did not use all our opportunities for scoring goal. I never thought that Khazar-Lenkeran was an easy-to-win rival. I said before the match that Khazar-Lenkeran f/c is a well-organized strong team which is composed of professionals. We witnessed it in the first match. The second match will be hard and Dynamo is a favorite in that game,â€ he said.
Ivankovich also underlined that Guliyev and Jeyhun Sultanov were advantageous footballers for the team.
â€œZaur Ramazanov is also a good forward and he can play in the team of Dynamo, as well as European teams. But it will be hard to substitute high-level forward Eduardo Da Silva. Silva scored 54 goals last season. There are footballers who can substitute Eduardo in our team,â€ he said. /APA-Sport/