Dinamo to play hard against Cruz Azul

Bad Blue Boys stocking up on alcohol bottles and washing detergent

With the match against league leaders Cruz Azul looming, Dinamo Zagreb manager Jatex Cole declared a stage of emergency. "I think it's time to panic." he was quoted as saying, "Feyenoord beat us by 4 goals in the first match, then Cruz Azul wiped the turf of them, and now we meet Cruz Azul. What does that mean? 10-0?"

The frustrated manager is tipped to call upon the hard men in his squad to beef up the defence in this crunch match. If reports from the training ground are to be believed, the Croatian team are practising a 6 man defence, similar to the one that held Parma to a goaless draw at the end of last season and effectively shackled their top scorer Olivier Jean. "Drastic times call for drastic measures," said an unusually grim Cole.

Meanwhile, the Dinamo Zagreb fan club has sent out a message to the hardcore fans demanding that everyone move to Mexico in an attempt to flood the stadium. "We will paint the Estadio Azul red with their blood," fanclub spokesman Davor Milicic said simply. It has been reported that some fans have been seen buying alcohol and washing detergent in bulk, items that are the principal ingredients for a good Molotov cocktail, but then again they could simply be preparing for a stag night out washing clothes.