Kodric is joining Kotoko as the fourth foreigner in four years with a modest coaching record.
Ghana's Asante Kotoko will meet Wydad Casablanca in one of the ties of the round.
But Kotoko chief executive Major Yaw Larsen told BBC Sport he was not in favour of postponing the match.
Attuqayefio dismissed suggestions that playing at Kumasi Sports Stadium gives Kotoko the edge.
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While Kotoko are associated with the ruling New Patriotic Party, Hearts are often linked with the opposition National Democratic Congress.
Kotoko, twice African champions, have depended heavily on foreign coaches since 2000 when Ernst Middendorp signed and stayed on for two seasons.
Despite confident comments from German coach Hans-Dieter Schmidt during the build-up to the second leg, Kotoko fans are taking nothing for granted.
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Hearts and Kotoko are considered to be more than mere football institutions - with the two teams believed to be linked to the two biggest political parties in Ghana.
Hearts and Kotoko are considered to be much more than football institutions - with the two teams believed to be linked to the two biggest political parties in Ghana.
It wasn't until Abdul Razak - a Kotoko great in his playing days - arrived last year that the club managed to win their first league title in a decade.
The game had about five minutes left when Kotoko fans - whose team were losing 2-1 - started ripping off chairs from one stand and hurling them onto the pitch.
Kotoko reached seven African Champions League finals between 1967 and 1993, but won just two, and also finished runners-up in their sole African Cup Winners Cup final appearance three years ago.
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The German's first major assignment will be the African Champions League where Kotoko make their return to the competition after a decade's absence with a first round tie at home to Tempete Mocaf of the Central African Republic next weekend.
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