Demirovic and his teammates were understandably delighted immediately after their victory over Italy, with the forward enthusiastically announcing on Sky: “I’ll buy a round, with love,” because, after all, “a man’s word is his bond. It’ll probably be expensive. But after a win like this, I’ll do it with love. So, Stuttgart: I’m buying a round!”
Demirovic will be able to cope with it, even though his announcement could cost him around 275,000 euros, if you divide the price per drink of around five euros by the roughly 55,000 home fans at the MHP Arena.
Until then, however, Demirovic wants to take some time to process what has been achieved, because “we don’t even realise yet what we’ve done for our country. It’s surreal. I have no words and no voice. It’s unbelievable.”