Mata: We Must Credit De Gea & Martial

Each Monday, Manchester United forward Juan Mata reflects on his experiences on and off the pitch in his personal blog. His latest effort is dominated by his thoughts about the Reds' FA Cup semi-final victory over Everton and next month’s final at Wembley…

Hi everyone,

As you can imagine, it's been a good week! These last few days have been very positive for the club and you can see that in people's faces and in our day-to-day activity at the training complex.

On Saturday at Wembley we made it to the final of the FA Cup, it's been the icing of the cake in a good month of April in which we have won five out of the six games that were scheduled. In particular, I feel that the last two games have made a very good impression on our fans. They deserve the best.

At Wembley, we sealed our passport to the big FA Cup final on 21 May in a very special atmosphere, as always in that stadium. It was a very typical, box-to-box cup game, absolutely thrilling until the final whistle. We have to give credit to David and Anthony, the former because he saved a decisive penalty, and the latter because his goal in stoppage time brought a burst of joy to all of us. And I think that the team deserves credit too, because we have gone through several adversities this season. We have won five rounds (including a replay against West Ham) and now we can enjoy such a special moment as the FA Cup final, one of the most beautiful games in a footballer's career. Being at Wembley is always special.

However, the FA Cup final is in a month's time. Now we know that we have five games remaining. Five finals that we want to win and I feel we are ready for, starting next Sunday against Leicester. They are fighting for the title and are full of confidence after the win against Swansea, showing how competitive they have been this season; having said that, we must get those three points. The previous game against them left us with a bitter taste and it's time to show that we can defeat them, and to make our fans happy.

Have a nice week.

Hugs,

Juan

PS: This week we've had the sad news of the passing of Prince. Another great artist leaves us too soon. He was a nonconformist, someone who certainly left his mark and who will always be remembered thanks to his music.

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

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