Mata: Why I am aiming for 10

Each and every Monday during the season, Manchester United star Juan Mata pens a personal blog. In his latest entry, the Spanish maestro tells us what he’s been up to during the international break and hopes the Reds can finish the season strongly when we return to action…

Hi everyone,

Today I’m writing from Spain, at the end of a different week due to the international break. I have spent some time seeing friends in very different places. This is the last break until the end of the season so, as you can imagine, it’s a good way to switch off before facing the last few weeks of the competition at full speed.

Having a look at the calendar, I see that there are only nine games remaining, hopefully 10, because that will mean that we made it to the FA Cup final which will take place at Wembley on the 19th of May. So that’s our goal: playing 10 games from here to the end of the season.

The first one is next Saturday, back to the Premier League. We will play at Old Trafford against Swansea and a victory would be very important to show that we want to maintain our position in the table. Then, we will have plenty of time to think about the derby and the rest of the games ahead.

Last week we bade farewell to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who will continue his career at LA Galaxy. It’s been a privilege to share the dressing room with one of the best strikers of the last 15 years, a footballer with a special personality, on and off the pitch, who has played in different leagues and always in big clubs. Good luck in MLS, Zlatan, I’m sure that you will keep scoring goals and enjoying football for a long time. Lycka till!

As always, I hope you have a great week.

Hugs,

Juan