The Croatian didn´t forget and especially didn´t forgive. On 1st February 2009, France, leaded by an untenable Nikola Karabatic, became World Champions in Croatia. Niko returnes to Croatia...
Nikola prefers to see coolly the situation. "Yes, it is a pleasure to come back to Zagreb, I have excellent memories from there". Regarding the Croatians, Zagreb means for them just painful memories. Niko expects a hot welcome. "Evidently that the public will whistle against me, but you know I like such an atmosphere. Apart the fact that it multiplies my motivation and my desire to win, the pressure that they will try to exert against me, it will bring them nothing".
Concerning the opponent team, Niko praises them. " Ivano Balic, Domagoj Duvnjak, Tonci Valcic, Kiril Lazarov or the great Igor Vori, they wil be all on the field. It will be a very big fight, most of all we don´t have to let them lead".
Nikola confides us also that he feels always better from the physical point of view and that his knee doesn´t bother hom so much. A bad news for Zagreb...
RK Zagreb - THW Kiel on Sunday, 29th March, beginning with 17:30, live on Sport+ in France and on Eurosport in Germany
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