{"id":441730,"date":"2011-06-15T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/15\/rwanda-kopunovic-talks-up-police-chances\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T13:28:00","slug":"rwanda-kopunovic-talks-up-police-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/rwanda-kopunovic-talks-up-police-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda: Kopunovic Talks Up Police Chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.6558603491\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ostine Arinaitwe<\/p>\n<p>15 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Goran Kopunovic is not bothered by APR&#8217;s status as favourites ahead of Sunday&#8217;s Peace Cup final, insisting his players &#8216;will be ready&#8217; regardless.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing twice to APR in the Primus league this season, the Police Coach insists the tie can go either way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They (APR) are a very strong side and are favourites to win the final. They beat us twice in the league but this is a final and we are pumped up for the challenge,&#8221; the Serbian said. &#8220;The players are motivated and hungry for success. They just can&#8217;t wait to play in a final,&#8221; the 43-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p>Since Kopunovic&#8217;s arrival last year, Police have gone from strength to strength. Besides reaching the Peace Cup final, they are also guaranteed to finish third in the league. The club also produced the league&#8217;s top scorer in Meddie Kagere.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been reported that the club is already looking to reinforce its squad ahead of next season. Some of the players who have been linked to the club include Rayon Sport right back Karim Mckenzie, Kiyovu winger Faud Ndayisenga and Amavubi Stars&#8217; left back Abouba Sibomana.<\/p>\n<p>Club president Alphonse Katarebe told this paper that they want to reinforce the club with six new players putting in mind that they will play continental football (Orange Confederation Cup) if they win Sunday&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peace Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3rd place play-off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mukura vs AS Kigali 1pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>APR vs Police 3pm<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106151164.html\" title=\"Rwanda: Kopunovic Talks Up Police Chances\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rwanda: Kopunovic Talks Up Police Chances<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ostine Arinaitwe 15 June 2011 Goran Kopunovic is not bothered by APR&#8217;s status as favourites ahead of Sunday&#8217;s Peace Cup final, insisting his players &#8216;will be ready&#8217; regardless. Despite losing twice to APR in the Primus league this season, the Police Coach insists the tie can go either way. &#8220;They (APR) are a very strong side and are favourites to win the final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rwanda: Kopunovic Talks Up Police Chances - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/rwanda-kopunovic-talks-up-police-chances\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rwanda: Kopunovic Talks Up Police Chances - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ostine Arinaitwe 15 June 2011 Goran Kopunovic is not bothered by APR&#039;s status as favourites ahead of Sunday&#039;s Peace Cup final, insisting his players &#039;will be ready&#039; regardless. 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