Mata: It's Hard To Discuss Football

Manchester United forward Juan Mata penned his latest weekly blog while on international duty with Spain, but he admits it's difficult to talk about football after Friday's terrible events in Paris...

Hi everyone,

Today I'm writing to you from the Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas, Madrid. This is Spain's training camp and, as always, the place where we get ready for our next game, in this case against Belgium.

To be honest, after the terrible events that have taken place in Paris, and in other cities, it's not easy to talk about football or friendly games. What really matters is nothing but to eliminate, completely, once and for all, events like those in the last few days... these kind of actions are impossible to understand.

Once again I send all my affection to the families of the victims in Paris, and in every place in the world that has been shaken by the terrorism and barbarity, for this is something that, sadly, is happening more and more often... To tell you briefly about the match against England, it was a special game for me because I played against team-mates and colleagues in the Premier League. We won thanks to Mario's superb goal (one of the best ones I have seen 'on site',) and Santi Cazorla's perfect finish.

It's time to sign off. Thank you for all your comments. As I told you before, I hope we never see again events like the ones that, sadly, have been happening often in recent years...

Hugs, Juan.

Read Juan's latest blog in full at kicca.com/juanmata8.

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