There was a rather humorous exchange between a reporter and Niclas Füllkrug after he scored the winner against Lecce last night.
It has not been the easiest of times settling into Italy for Füllkrug. After impressing in his first couple of appearances off the bench, it looked like the striker was then facing a lengthy setback after sustaining a broken toe in the recent draw with Fiorentina.
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The initial reports spoke of a month out, which then changed to around 10 days, before the German miraculously appeared on the bench for the next game against Como. Then, on the eve of the game against Lecce, it emerged that €500k of valuables had been stolen from his hotel room safe.
Füllkrug should be commended for putting all of that behind him as he popped up to score the winning goal on Sunday night, his first for the club. Afterwards, he spoke to reporters in the mixed zone about his toe.
Tell us about the mystery of your broken toe…
“There’s no mystery, it’s a broken toe. You just have to deal with the pain, you just have to deal with the situation. I’m German, so we are strong, we can deal with pain, so you just have to find solutions. We found some good solutions, and I can deal with that so it’s good. I don’t want to miss a game for AC Milan.”
True soldier ❤️🖤
NF has been a very good reinforcement so far
Love this guy already.. what a warrior!!
Ive been asking for him since last year and lots of people here laughed at me
The one thing I like about him the most is that he isn’t afraid of the big stage he’s playing on. Milan ain’t no small club. And that shirt is super heavy especially for a striker. And he seems to me so far not intimidated by it not the atmosphere. I hope he can keep this mental aspect up. It’s not easy finding strikers that can do that
I was against his arrival but what I see from him in these first games he play, I think we should keep him at the end of the season for the next . 5 millions for him are no brainer. I like him , his attitude , his enthusiasm.