Alex Manninger is speaking from the heart of Salzburg, where Champions League fever is in full swing.
The Austrian side are finally sitting at European football's top table after several years of frustration and head to the champions of Europe on Wednesday night.
Having repeatedly stumbled during the qualifying stages in recent history, Salzburg's spot in the competition was secured, in part, due to Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur's success.
Both of last season's finalists finished in the Premier League top four. Therefore, the spare automatic spot was allocated to the champions of the Austrian Football Bundesliga.