Clayton has a "smile" on his face as he aims to silence Germans

RELAXED Jonny Clayton has a smile on his face as he looks to wreck another German party in Dortmund.

The Ferret defeated Josh Rock in the last 16 of the European Championship Finals to secure a Sunday afternoon tie against Martin Schindler.

Clayton silenced the home fans in round one when he took care of Germany's Niko Springer and he can do the same again if he smashes down The Wall.

The 52-year-old could be ultimate weekend party pooper for the hosts in the Westfalenhalle, but smiled: "Obviously, the crowd love me more than Martin! Definitely! No, all jokes aside, the crowd are fantastic. They obviously love their darts and that is what you want. As a player, you want the crowd to cheer and chant and whatever. It makes you feel good.

"If they do that tomorrow, we'll have a good game. I've got to concentrate on my own game. It doesn't matter what else happens, I've got to concentrate on my game, Martin will be concentrating on his game, so, hopefully, it is going to be my night."

Clayton is enjoying his work heading into the final day and continued: "I'm loving it. There's a smile on my face, I'm relaxed. I like my sleep, so, obviously, I'll have to get up early tomorrow morning, but I'm here, that's what I want. I want to be here on Sunday. My fellow Welshman is here, Gezzy [Price]. So I'm just joining him. We're good friends, two Welshmen on the last day, so that's good." Clayton beat Rock 10-8, but had to graft to get over the line having missed a string of doubles to secure a more-comfortable passage.

He said: "I started to sweat at the end, but that's age! But jokes aside, I love every second of it. My darts are going good, so good times.

"Josh wasn't firing, to be fair. I missed a load of doubles, that game could have been a little bit easier for myself if I could have hit doubles, but that wasn't Josh Rock. He's a great player and a good friend of mine, so, when you get chances, you need to take them under pressure.

"But I was missing shots to let Josh back in and he was starting to put me under pressure. So when that bull landed, I was thinking: Thank God for that."