For the third straight season, Wolves find themselves in the last-eight stage after finishing top of their group with three wins out of three. The Dubai outfit meet the Sharjah side – last season’s Under-15 champions who have already been beaten in the group stage. Having been encouraged by what he’s seen in training so far including Hrithik Bhatia’s form, Bhagat feels his troops are capable of delivering the killer blow to Zenith’s championship hopes.
“We’ve done well so far and have been in the top eight sides before but now we want to go far as possible,” he said ahead of the Under-17 quarter-final.
“We have been studying their players carefully and we feel we can pull off a big win.”
Zenith coach Vijay Prakash Jugran believes the best is still to come but was wary of Wolves.
“They are good strong side who have done well in the competition so far, so we know it won’t be easy for us. We have some good players who are in form but let’s see what happens on Friday,” he said.