{"id":22789,"date":"2017-01-23T09:48:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T08:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juanmata8.com\/?p=22789\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T22:21:16","slug":"250-congrats-wayne-and-many-more-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juanmata8.com\/en\/blog\/250-congrats-wayne-and-many-more-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"250 congrats, Wayne (and many more to come)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re starting a special week. A different one, for we have two games but none of them is a Premier League fixture. We have the EFL Cup first, and then the FA Cup. Two different challenges that we face with the same goal in our minds: winning both of them.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday we will visit Hull City in the second leg of the EFL semifinals. Our intention is to finish the job that we started at Old Trafford, where we got a 2-0 win that was really important. In front of us there will be a team giving everything they\u2019ve got to be in the final. It would be great to move forward and secure a place in Wembley\u2019s final at the end of February. It was actually in this venue where we won the first trophy of the season in the early weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In the FA Cup, as the defending champions, we also want to go through. The game is on the weekend against Wigan. We already played against them in the pre-season and I\u2019m sure they will come to Old Trafford hoping to surprise us. We must play with intensity and remain focused from the very beginning in order to win this game and then wait for the next draw.<\/p>\n<p>I look back and I see that we\u2019ve been undefeated for 17 consecutive games. Most of them have been good wins that made us happy, although we\u2019ve also got several draws that were not so easy to take. It happened last Saturday in Stoke, where we added one point at the end thanks to a great free-kick goal from Wayne Rooney. I want to congratulate Wayne once again. He\u2019s become the top goalscorer in the history of the club, which is a huge milestone as I recently wrote, and I\u2019m so happy for him. I\u2019m sure that he will keep scoring many more goals and improving his amazing stats. However, the game left me with a bitter taste. Firstly, we didn\u2019t win. We created chances to get the three points and it makes us mad to see that the ball just doesn\u2019t go in. It\u2019s especially frustrating when you are so unlucky as to score an own goal, when you\u2019re trying precisely to avoid that.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I don\u2019t remember when was the last time that I scored an own goal, in fact I believe this is the first one. I know it goes with the territory. You\u2019re trying to stop the cross, the ball gets deflected on your leg, then again on the goalkeeper\u2026 and it\u2019s a goal. It happens every week, this is part of the game, but when it happens to you it hurts. Anyway, this is football, and things like that may happen. I hope that all our unfortunate actions of the remaining games were condensed in those 45 minutes, and I also hope that the team (and myself) is going to have better luck (and better shot accuracy) in the following games. As always, we have to stay determined and motivated, and carry on.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Spain, Sevilla\u2019s consistency keeps astonishing me. They were able to win a very complicated game in Pamplona against a tough team that puts a lot of pressure. With Sampaoli they have completed the best first half of the league in their history, so my congratulations to them, not only for the results but also for many spells of good football. Also, Valencia did win and I hope this is the start of a good run of results that will allow the fans to enjoy the second half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m signing off now. Thank you very much for all the loving messages that you\u2019ve sent to me this Sunday, especially after Saturday\u2019s game. Have a nice week.<\/p>\n<p>Hugs,<\/p>\n<div><img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jm-firma.png' alt='Juan Mata'><p>Juan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>PS: I\u2019d like to send my best wishes and all my support to Ryan Mason and his family. I hope this is just a scare and you get well very soon, Ryan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re starting a special week. A different one, for we have two games but none of them is a Premier League fixture. We have the EFL Cup first, and then the FA Cup. 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