Inside View with Charlton defender Miguel Llera
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Everyone is gearing up for the
big game this weekend – Millwall away.
I may not have been in the country for
long, and at Charlton for an even shorter time, but everyone has
made clear how important this weekend’s match is.
And if I still wasn’t sure, then
watching that amazing game at The Valley last December cleared up
any questions I might have had!
It was an incredible match, with the
sort of atmosphere that you dream of playing in when you start to
play football.
Obviously, we drew 4-4 that day, and
we will definitely be looking to start better on Saturday than on
that occasion, when we conceded two early goals. We showed our
fighting spirit by recovering to lead 4-3, though, and that’s the
sort of thing which will be required this weekend.
It won’t be my first trip to The New
Den. I actually played there in only my third match for Milton
Keynes Dons after I arrived from Spain, so it was a pretty quick
education for me.
We won that game 4-0 and the same
result on Saturday would do just fine!
People ask me how I communicate with
my fellow defenders, but my English is okay – I’m even starting to
understand Christian Dailly, who speaks very fast in his Scottish
accent.
I cannot always say what I want to
say, but my English has improved a lot since I have been in the
country.
I would still like it to be much
better. I studied English at school and university, and when I came
over to England I had some lessons. I would like to start studying
again, but my son is two years old and he takes up all my time when
I get home from training!
To be back in the team for the last
four games has been good. We’ve won three of those matches, but we
need to keep winning if we are to catch Leeds and Norwich.
It was very frustrating for me when I
wasn’t playing. I felt I had done quite well when Sam Sodje was
suspended, but the manager told me he wanted to make a change. He
explained the situation and I told him I disagreed,
but I worked hard to get back in his plans.
I’m back in the team now, though, and
I intend to stay there.
It’s a big game this weekend, and we
need the three points, but every game between now and the end of
the season is like a final for us.
We have 11 games left and we will try
to win every one.
Thursday, March 11 2010
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