Interview with Niko Kovac about hard work, intense football and “what our fans want to see” | OneFootball

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\n13 Pascal Groß
\n14 Maximilian Beier
\n16 Julien Duranville
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\n23 Emre Can
\n24 Daniel Svensson
\n25 Niklas Süle
\n26 Julian Ryerson
\n27 Karim Adeyemi
\n28 Sebastien Haller
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