Ein Wort zu Riise
Ich liebe den Kerl, so emotional ehrlich.
Das war ein Interview mit John Arne Riise nach dem Halbfinale. Und was er sagt, ja es ist lächerlich, aber diese Worte hätten aus meinem Mund kommen können.
"When Gudjohnsen had that chance at the end I was s***ing myself. If he had scored I would have started crying. I would have retired on the spot or maybe even shot myself," said an emotional Riise, who then treated the crowd to a celebratory strip-show during manic moments that followed the final whistle.
"I didn't know what I was doing, I just kept giving the fans everything I had on," he adds. "I can't remember if they started calling for me to do it or not, but I had said to the players before the game that if we won I'd strip off and give all my clothes to the fans.
"I suppose I was lucky to escape with my modesty intact. I didn't intend stripping off that much, but they kept yelling for more and I threw them everything I could.
"It was the greatest night ever. You should have seen the dressing room, it was unbelievable. I could have cried. In fact I was crying one minute and laughing the next- and I wasn't the only one.
"The crowd were fantastic, there was no way I could have run like that for 96 minutes if I hadn't been feeding off the crowd. But I think we were probably making even more noise than they were when we got back to the dressing room. It was amazing."