branko ivankovich Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/branko-ivankovich/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:40:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png branko ivankovich Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/branko-ivankovich/ 32 32 We want to beat Al Duhail for our fans: Ivankovic https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/09/we-want-to-beat-al-duhail-for-our-fans-ivankovic/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/09/we-want-to-beat-al-duhail-for-our-fans-ivankovic/#respond Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:30:45 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=37110 Branko Ivankovic praised his team’s fans, saying Persepolis players feel the enthusiasm with their fans against Al Duhail. Persepolis will host the Qatari giants in Tehran’s 80,000-seater Azadi Stadium in the second leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Monday. The Reds lost to Al Duhail 1-0 two weeks ago in Doha. Almoez […]

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]]> Branko Ivankovic praised his team’s fans, saying Persepolis players feel the enthusiasm with their fans against Al Duhail.

Persepolis will host the Qatari giants in Tehran’s 80,000-seater Azadi Stadium in the second leg of the 2018 AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Monday.

The Reds lost to Al Duhail 1-0 two weeks ago in Doha.

Almoez Ali’s header was the difference as Al Duhail secured a record-equaling ninth win in a row in this year’s Asian Champions League.

“We lost to Al Duhail 1-0 in the first half and now we will host them in the second half in our home. We know how strong they are but Persepolis are not weaker than Al Duhail,” Ivankovic said in the pre-match news conference.

“Persepolis had a good performance in the first leg in Doha against such a strong team and we will have a difficult match with a star-studded team on Monday. The 1-0 result keeps alive both teams’ hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals. However, Al Duhail will play with less pressure since they have won the first leg,” the Croat added.

Persepolis key midfielder Siamak Nemati will be missing the vital match due to suspension.

“Unfortunately, Nemati is absent and Mahini (Hossein) and Resan (Bashar) have sustained injuries last week but they will play on tomorrow. They will not think about their injuries in the match against Al Duhail.

“Karim Boudiaf has returned from an injury and they have been boosted by return of their captain. Al Duhail strengthened their team in the summer and they are going to win the AFC Champions League title,” the Croat added.

Ivankovic called on the Persepolis’s fans to get behind their team against Al Duhail.

“Our fans have always supported us and have been patient with our players. They have always shown loyalty to their team and will do everything we can to make them happy They are our 12th man. We want them to support us in this match because we can feel the enthusiasm with our fans. I also want them to respect our opponent and show sportsmanship,” the former Iran national team coach concluded.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/09/we-want-to-beat-al-duhail-for-our-fans-ivankovic/feed/ 0 Ivankovic: Persepolis will fight until the last second https://irannewsdaily.com/2017/10/ivankovic-persepolis-will-fight/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2017/10/ivankovic-persepolis-will-fight/#respond Sun, 15 Oct 2017 16:15:23 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=11881 Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says that they will fight until the last second against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final. The Iranian giant suffered a disappointing 4-0 defeat against Al Hilal last month and now face an uphill task in return match. “First of all, we are […]

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Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic says that they will fight until the last second against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal in the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-final.

The Iranian giant suffered a disappointing 4-0 defeat against Al Hilal last month and now face an uphill task in return match.

“First of all, we are very happy because of 3-1 victory over Esteghlal Khuzestan in Iran Professional League. It was a vital win for us since we had no five main players due to national duty. It was is a timely confidence boost ahead of Tuesday’s match against Al Hilal,” Ivankovic said.

“It will be tough, but we have another 90 minutes ahead of us. We will do our best against Al Hilal. We will fight until the last second to advance to the final match,” the Croat added.

“Firstly, we want to book a place in the final match. Otherwise, we want to be proud of our team,” Ivankovic stated.

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