We’ve noticed all that Nikola watched the last ten minutes of the first leg of the Champions League’s 1/4 finals in Zagreb (28:28) from the bench. Unfortunately, his knee makes him problems...
- Hi Niko. Before we talk about the match against Zagreb, tell us quickly how are you?
"I am alright, even if my knee bothers me. I got a new torsion after an action when I shoted on goal on last Sunday. But it is nothing more serious in comparison with the injury suffered at World Championships, it is about the same injury who repeats itself. I still need repose to cure it."
- Will we see you on the field against Göppingen on Wednesday?
" I don’t know yet. I will discuss about it with the coach Alfred Gislason and we wil decide short before the game."
- And now a brief review about the dispute in Zagreb. How was the atmosphere?
"It was great atmosphere, I was bood as never before, but I expected it. It would have been really incomprehensible if the Croatians had prepared for me a lap of honour and had acclaimed me as their idol. Seriously, the match was played in a great ambiance, in a hall who was sold out due to Balic and his men."
- And how was it on the field? The ambiance was the same?
"All the people who watched the game can testimony: it was a game for real men. We played with the glowes off, often at the limit of the regulation and sometimes even over the rules. But this is the Croatian style of playing, we were prepared."
- The qualification in the semifinal will be decided in Kiel. Do you have a recipe for it?
- "Yes, I have and it is very simple: TO WIN. To draw in Zagreb is an excellent performance. We have to show now that we are the strongest. We see us on Saturday for another match for real men."
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