The home game against Mainz 05 on Saturday (15.30 CET), Fabian Lustenberger probably be 300. Duty game for Berlin complete. In the summer, it pulls him in the Swiss home to Bern. And much more we have talked to the defensive all-rounder from Hertha BSC.
Mr Lustenberger, on the weekend there was in the NBA, a remarkable scene.
Oh, Yes, I have seen on the Internet.
Shortly before the end of the game against the Dallas Mavericks, the coach of the Los Angeles Clippers has taken time off from work, only to Dirk Nowitzki for his 1500. To pay homage to the game in the NBA.
That was the deserved praise for a great athlete. And if that comes from the opponent, it is the highest Form of recognition. There was nothing more Beautiful actually.
In the summer they will return after twelve years at Hertha BSC in Switzerland. You are also a kind of farewell tour. You experience Similar to Nowitzki?
In football, the rivalry between the clubs and their supporters is much bigger than in Basketball. That makes it difficult. But I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback. Would 99.9 percent of the time, I have to say
Who were the 0.1 percent?
No idea. I don’t know personally. These are people who write after a defeat in the social media, a comment such as: fortunately he’s gone in the summer. But I can live with that.
the feeling that you are playing, for example, for the last Time in Munich, against Bayern, aware of with the place?
Perhaps in the sense that one enjoys the game a bit more. But not so, that I even more motivated and even more focused am. I am anyway always.
what: Enjoy it?
I am overall a bit calmer, more relaxed, see everything a little more relaxed, the game preparation. I am unchanged ambitious, but it is not so, that I say: I must. I must. I must. If I feel ahead of the game well, I know that It can go well. But I also know: It can run bad. It is the same Vice versa.
you still Have a personal goal for the remainder of the time at Hertha?
Before the season, I had games of 191 League. Since I wanted to create the 200. I have achieved that already. Now, I am at 299 games, and on Saturday I might be having my 300. I’ll take all the games I get. So I can leave Hertha in may with a good feeling. This good feeling I have at the Moment, and I’m going to assume that it lasts until the end. That’s why I’m glad I’m on the step now, since I am still a bit in focus, and not in a few years when all say: “Oh, Lustenberger was there, too.” I had twelve super years here, will still have three super months. And then it’s over. Point.
This sounds almost as if a load of them.
Last, I would not say now. But I’m already glad that I have clarity about my future.
What you have with your AC to Bern decided? And what’s it for?
(Laughs). Tough Question. I’ve decided for the family. This is clearly at the top.
your wife, and your children can live for one and a half years in Switzerland.
Exactly. But this is not to say that I was in Bern with no sporting ambitions. On The Contrary. I’m assuming that I’ll play with Young Boys for the championship; we have the Chance to qualify for the Champions League, and securely in the Europa League. From a purely sporting is a new challenge.
And what have you decided?
I decided against Hertha? After twelve years? I don’t think so. Maybe I have decided and the Bundesliga. This can be. But if you decide for something, doesn’t mean that you have also chosen automatically against something. If I had it accelerated extremely, to extend here, it would be gone probably. For me, it was clear that there are only two options: home or Berlin. Unless, Barcelona would have called. (laughs)
There is a player in the Bundesliga, the club is even more faithful than you …
… Franck Ribéry. Which is a month longer at Bayern.
you remained so long at Hertha, is that what happened to you?
no. I just never had the Desire somewhere with all his might to try something New. I have always asked myself the question: do you Want to again start from scratch – with a new club, with a new environment, new office, new employees? Or you stay with the Tried and true? Where you have your rhythm, your people, your contact person. This is a city that is not so bad, and a club in the sporty and never the danger has passed, that it goes down the drain. On The Contrary.
There were two descents into the Second League.
That’s right. But both times you’ve seen that you don’t level up directly again, if you do you very stupid. The perspective was wrong. And if you win a second League of the year, so many games, as we have done, can do and even fun. Win games – that’s the point, finally, in what League. Therefore, there was never really a reason to leave Hertha.
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