"It’s not easy to play in front of your home crowd": Schindler hopes to ride wave of pressure at World Cup of Darts

The German duo of Martin Schindler and Gabriel Clemens get to play the World Cup of Darts in front of a home crowd in Frankfurt. With added support though comes extra pressure.

With a pair of 4-0 wins over Hong Kong and Japan, the Germans look to be rising to the challenge. “We will take it,” Schindler told the official PDC website post-match. “It’s not easy to play in front of your home crowd because we want to perform, we want to show our very best, but we’re very happy to get through."

Germany reached the quarter-finals twelve months ago, but Schindler isn't getting ahead of himself, despite being fancied by many to go even further this time around.

“We are not looking any further than tomorrow. We believe in ourselves, we trust in our ability," he explains. "But there are so many strong teams, so we are just focusing on us.”

In the first knockout round, Germany face the world record breaking Polish team, who will be full of confidence after record the highest ever World Cup of Darts pairs average in the group stage.