“I never thought that he would hit like that. He always has an idea. “
Union legend Ronny Nikol (47) about Max Kruse (33), his Union hero of the first half of the season.
Nikol enthusiastically: “I think Kruse is awesome. He is one of the few players who are still alive in football. “
About Kruse’s hit rate can be discussed. In 13 Bundesliga games he scored 3 goals, 2 of which were penalties. In the preseason Kruse had 11 hits.
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Ronny Nikol played 228 competitive games for Union and is one of the 2001 European Cup and DFB Cup final heroesFoto: picture alliance/dpa
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Nikol: “Max would certainly have liked to have scored one or two more goals. But that doesn’t make him worse now. “
Four assists in the championship speak for Kruse. Added to this are the winning goal in the DFB Cup at Türkgücü Munich (1-0) and two goals in the European Cup.
Nikol accepts that Kruse is the unofficial mouthpiece of Union via Instagram and likes to divulge internals: “Max won’t bend over there. He says what he thinks. That no longer exists in football. But coach Urs Fischer also knows how to tackle him. Otherwise it wouldn’t work that way. “
By the way: Nikol, whose ball game hall “BoBo Fuego” reopened after the forced Corona break in summer, is a Union player. However, his son Etienne (19) switched from the Iron U19 to Hertha II in the summer.
In the regional league team of coach Ante Covic (46), the midfielder was hardly considered (1 use). Father Nikol: “Etienne is very dissatisfied. I’m not a fan of running away after half a year. But so far he has hardly got a chance. The decision will be made in the new year. “
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