If I think I will get the ball, I go out. I can't stop halfway because the goal is empty and the player would have the opportunity to shoot. You make the reaction, and then, of course, you have to be sure to get the ball. But it's years of practice. You can't say from one day to the other, 'Now I will do it,' you know? You have to feel it.

To be a modern goalkeeper, I have to think offensively, to initiate our attacking moves safely and securely.

In Germany, Jens Lehmann was a model style for a German goalkeeper.

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