Official Site of the Fire · Oct 12, 2017
Nemanja Nikolic: "It would be amazing" to win Golden Boot
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Nemanja Nikolic likes the position he’s in heading to the final two weeks of the regular season, with the Chicago Fire locked into a playoff berth and himself atop the Golden Boot standings.
There’s no more chasing – only holding on to his top spot and helping the Fire secure a playoff home game as they head into Sunday’s match against Philadelphia (5 pm ET; MLS LIVE).
“The bad thing is when you need to look in front of you who is there and you need to follow him, follow his game and also to focus on your game,” Nikolic said Wednesday. “Now in this moment I again don’t need to look [at] nobody in front of me, I have everything in my hand.