Jurgen Klopp has called for Borussia Dortmund to show courage in Saturday's DFB Pokal final against Wolfsburg -- his last ever game as BVB coach.
Seven years after being appointed Dortmund boss, Klopp is set to leave the club this summer -- just his second team in a coaching career which began in 2001 with Mainz.
On Saturday, Klopp will enter Berlin's Olympiastadion for the third and final time as BVB coach. Dortmund humiliated Bayern Munich 5-2 in the 2012 final, but suffered a controversial 2-0 extra-time defeat against their Bundesliga rivals last year.
Despite having yet to announce where he will coach next season, Klopp is only focused on delivering one last piece of silverware for the Westphalian club.
Klopp told his pregame news conference in Berlin on Friday: "It will be about being courageous, to win the right battles for the ball. And to force luck. My lads have to do the job, and they will do the job.
"It's really nice to come here. But that alone is not interesting. Everything is its place. I am in cup mode. And the [coaching] future has no relevance at all."
Following a shocking first half of the Bundesliga season and a drop to bottom of the table on match day 19 in early February, BVB managed to pick up 30 points in their next 15 games and secure Europa League football by finishing seventh.
However, Klopp felt that his time at Dortmund had come to an end, and, in mid-April, announced he will leave the club this summer.
Back then, ahead of the difficult task of winning the semifinal away at Bayern, Klopp said that it would be "cool" to parade one more trophy around the Borsigplatz -- founding place of the club where BVB fans traditionally gather to celebrate their titles.
"It's indeed really cool to drive around the Borsigplatz. It's really one of the best things you can do," Klopp reiterated. "It could become a hobby."
But Klopp -- who was sporting his Dortmund tracksuit for the last time in a pregame presser -- insists that the match will not be about him, saying: "I don't want to become the hero, and to be honest I don't know what has to happen so that I can indeed become a hero. It would be cool if one of my players could that."
Just like his Wolfsburg counterpart Dieter Hecking, Klopp was not in the mood to reveal his starting XI for the final.
When both coaches had unsuccessfully been asked by reporters to drop hints, the Dortmund coach turned to Hecking and said: "I'll tell you who'll be in goal, when you tell me if Naldo can play."
The Wolfsburg defender this week has been unable to take part in team training as he worked toward his comeback following minor knee problems.
Hecking added: "It can become a fantastic final. Both teams like to attack. Whoever makes less mistakes will win it."