“We have a text with all the coaching staff, they’re encouraging me in Leipzig and I’m always encouraging them back in New York. We remain very close. After we won 3-0, they said what a great game weplayed. I said, ‘Yep, now it’s your turn: you heard it here first, you’re going to win 3-0.’”

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