With the ticket for the Champions League Final in the pocket, the "Kieler" are focused to reach their next aim: the final of the German Cup’s Final Four in this weekend, in Hamburg.
- Hi, Niko. We haven’t got news from you since the second leg of the Champions League semifinal against Rhein-Neckar Löwen. How are you?
"It can’t be any better, you can imagine. We are in the final of the Champions League, we are German Champions and we will try to win the German Cup for the third consecutive time. It will be a great weekend."
- The importance of this event is incredible.
"Of course it is. The Final Four is Hamburg is a crazy thing. The atmosphere is fantastic, there are 13.000 spectators in the Color Line Arena of Hamburg. And more than this we will met our ’pals’ from Mannheim in the semifinal. It will be great as well."
- Can the defeat in the second leg of the semifinal of the Champions League (30:31) have any effect?
"To be sincere, I don’t believe. We went there to play having 14 goals on our side, so we were not worried about it. Surely, we play as serious as one can and they beat us. But on Saturday, at 15 o’clock, it will be a complete different story. We love this competition, we love this cup and we want to conserve it."
- Let’s talk a bit about the next season. Any news concerning the negotiations between Kiel and Montpellier regarding your transfer?
"No, nothing moves. For the moment I concentrate myself at the following games with my club. Once the season will be over and once we will, I hope, win everything, I hope that both clubs will come to an arrangement. I am hopeful."
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