After I congratulated him, the question who has burned on my lips since yersterday evening, is finally out: "Niko, have you already the Champions League in your pocket, haven´t you? The answer came fastly and it is severe: "No, not at all."
Explain us please, why not.
"Yes, it is true that we produced a superb performance in Spain, especially because this team loses very seldom on the home soil. I even think that they weren´t defeated in the own hall this season. But the second leg is not won yet. You never know with the Spaniards. Anyway, if we will not win at home, we didn´t deserve the Champions League. There will be a different game on Sunday. Didier and his teammates will have nothing to lose. We will have to be very, very mistrustful. "
The commentators from Sport+ were talking about a nose fracture in your case. Is it really so?
(He laughs) "It was not my nose who was affected, but my upper lip. The coup I´ve got from Pajovic opened my lip over two or three centimetre. I didn´t need to be stitched, but anyway the doctor said me that I was not far away from it."
When you came back into the match, after you were treated on the bench, you improved...
"Yes, this kick didn´t shock me, but woked me up. I took maximum advantage of the opportunities I´ve had and it worked out. But after the game I had really headache and I didn´t go to have a glass with the others. I went back quickly to hotel and I reposed myself."
So you couldn´t meet Didier, could you?
"No, I couldn´t, but we talked on the phone. He congratulated me for the victory."
You heard in Spain that Flensburg lost in Magdeburg...
"Yes, I heard it and I could nearly say that the title is ours, because we will not lose against Wetzlar in front of our spectators in the last round. This is not possible. But we could be earlier champions if we perform well against Göppingen. I am not afraud to risk saying it that we are already champions. Concerning Champions League, I prefer not to express myself. I remain distrustful. We will see on Sunday..."
