知己知彼百戰百勝。 Slaven Koprivnica will be Depor's rival in the third round of the Intertoto cup. They ended in the sixth position the last Croatian league. If the Galicians reach the qualification they could face Newcastle Utd. in the semifinals and it's also possible a confrontation against S.S. Lazio in the final of the tournament. 拖拖第三輪對手是來自克羅埃西亞的Slaven Koprivnica隊， 上賽季聯賽排名第六。 若通過這關，拉科接下來可能的對手是英超的紐卡斯爾聯隊。 準決賽對手則有可能面對義甲拉其奧隊。 Slaven has their base in the city of Koprivnica (30,000 inhabitants), it's a small city located in the northeast of Croatia. The sponsorship of the pharmaceutical firm Belupo has been a key factor for the economy of the club; however, their history in the local league is humble since they reached the first division in 1997. The Croatian club ended the last local competition in the sixth place (eleven points behind Hajduk Split). Despite their recent history in the first division of Croatia Slaven have a rich participation in the Intertoto cup, in the last five competitions they only missed the 2003 tournament. Their best achievement is the semifinals in the year 2002 when they were eliminated by Stuttgart. Slaven achieved the qualification to the third round of the 2005 Intertoto cup after they eliminated FC Gloria 1922 Bristrita with a 4-2 aggregate score. The coach Branko Karacic has normally used a 4-4-2 formation with Lisjak (27) as goalkeeper. A defensive line of four men: Gal (22), Kurilic (25), Bodrusic (22) and Bosnjak (31). In midfield he has presented four players: Somoci (22), Musa (31), Kelemen (27), and Viskovic (28). The strikers has been: Vrucina (20) and Saranovic (19). It's a young group of men that is complemented with some veterans. The major part of the squad comes from Croatia with the exception of the midfielder Dalibor Viskovic (Slovenia) and the forward Edin Saranovic (Byelorussia). They play in a small stadium that only have capacity for 3,059 spectators. Depor will have to play there on July 23rd, but first the Croatians will visit Riazor on next Saturday. If Deportivo achieves the qualification they will have to face in the semifinals the winner of the confrontation between FK ZTS Dubnica (Slovakia) and Newcastle United FC (England). In case of reaching one of the three finals the Galicians will meet the winner of the series between S.S. Lazio (Italy), Tampere United (Finland), BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) and Olympique Marseille (France). -- 其他新聞都是轉會八卦。 靜觀其變吧。 另外一篇Juanma的訪問明天再貼。 --

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