Sexy-Bug-Eyed Gorgeousness Speaks Up - Ozil's Interview with Team.dfb.de
Click to viewInterview translated by me, jenny_jenkins
Mesut, lots of people in Germany are asking, of course, about your injury. How does it look at the moment? Are you fit?
At the moment I’m not fit. I have pain in the Achilles heel and I hope natuerlich that I can become fit in time, but we’ll have to see how it is.
Your injuries are being discussed a great deal - knock to your ankle, your Achilles heel, a contusion - you’ve said yourself - what is it precisely?
My Achilles heel is torn [an injury pick up against Espanyol] and it hurts a great deal. I’m being treated every day, and I’m positive that it’ll be all right again and that I can play against Turkey, again.
You must have realized a little yesterday that there is an unbelievable hype over you personally: Mesut Ozil (Mesut smiles) - and Joachim Loew who was a coach here [Loew was a coach in Turkey before joining the DFB]. How are you coping with this? Were you aware of it - that people were so fixated on you?
Yes, I knew natuerlich. I’m happy natuerlich to be in Istanbul. It’s a very beautiful city. And the atmosphere will be super natuerlich and we are looking forward to the encounter.
It was like that in Berlin - if you remember. Are you afraid of the whistling and jeering or is it a sign for you of recognition of your good performance?
I’m not afraid. I think there will be whistling again but I can cope with it. I’m professional enough - and it doesn’t affect me.
When one considers the Turkish fans it’s almost a dual-relationship [with you]. On the one hand they are amazed with you, because you play at Real Madrid, one of the biggest clubs in the world. On the other hand they are all very sad because you don’t play for Turkey. How do you cope with that?
All very positively because the people I meet on the street are all very [Mesut hesitates] positive and very proud of me - they say so too. And until now I have received no negative remarks - except in Berlin with the jeering - but except for that nothing but positive things.
When you go into a stadium like that - what does it feel like? Is it an incentive?
One really doesn’t feel it. Once the referee blows his whistle then you concentrate on the game and you don’t absorb it. Perhaps with the corners or throw ins then you do notice it - but otherwise you are occupied and you don’t feel it.
How difficult is it - the German National Team is qualified - they’ve had a fabulous qualifying campaign - how difficult is it to motivate yourself when you have two games that are important for the teams you are facing (both Belgium and Turkey could still qualify) but not really for you personally? How do you find the motivation - especially when your clubs still have so many important games?
Our goal is to win every game. We are qualified and we know it but as I said before, we want to win every game and I believe no German National Team has managed it before us [Mesut refers to the perfect streak of 8 wins in 8 games - and the hope that the team will manage 10 in 10] and our goal is to win the next two games and it would be a positive thing if we were to manage it.
A final question - which all German fans want to know. How is it going at the moment at Real Madrid.
We are contented. We are in third place [in the table] and it’s going well at the moment and I’m happy of course when I’m allowed to play for Real Madrid.
**Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez are also carrying knocks. Toni Kroos is in bed with the flu. Philipp Lahm is rumoured to be in need of a serious bit of bed/Nintendo rest - but let's hope for the best!
UPDATE: Two of them, at least, appear to have trained today.
Many thanks to andriy_7 for the gifs and pictures that accompany this interview.