Niko and his teammates will play tomorrow, at 12 o´clock, against Croatia for a place in the final. The game can be also watched in internet at http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/, on the channel 9. But first, Nikola tells us the last news before this clash.
- Which are your impressions after the victory against Russia?
"I felt alleviation, because a quarter final in never an easy game, no mater if it Olympics or another competition. It was the perfect trap! We could gone home if we had lost! More than this, in the quarter final there are no favourites. We saw it clearly before in the women´s matches. "
- We noticed you a bit tired. Were you?
"I wasn´t tired! I missed stupidly a 7 meter shot and the referees didn´t let me to score my goals. They repeated the same error every time! Daniel was the one who particularly performed great in attack! As a playmaker is not so easy to score when you have in front of you a defence in the system 5-1. I also had my problems in defence in the first half, I conceded two 7 meter shots that I should have never provoqued. But after that I was very strong in the defence in the second half."
- You´ll play again Croatia in the semifinal. The last time, at Euro, it ended badly for you. What do we have to fear the most?
"We have to repeat the game in the preliminary group against the Croatians. We must be patient in attack, to not let us fool by their theater and their false pace and especially to be unbreakable in defense! This wil be the key of the game! "
- And what about the life in the Olympic Village? Did you meet other stars?
"I saw Djokovic and Nadal there. But they were eating in pace, so I didn´t want to ask for photos! I hoped I can discuss with Djoko after that, but he was gone before me. But I took some nice pics with basketball players like Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony and Dirk Nowitzki. And after that with Nalbandian, too. In the Village we talk the most with the athletes of the French delegation. The atmosphere is very nice."
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