Javier Hernandez might just be playing in his first season with Man United but his good form means that he is likely to start against the Catalans on Saturday.
Who would have imagined Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez to be playing in a Champions League final after making his debut for Manchester United last summer? Nevertheless, the Mexican prodigy is living his wildest dreams with the Red Devils currently
"This first year has been marvelous for me. Neither the coach, nor I, nor my family expected this.
"You always want to think that things will go well, that things will go for the best, but never did I imagine playing much. I've been involved a lot in my first season, when I hoped to make a few appearances and play with the reserves and just a few minutes with the first team.
"I had hoped for this beautiful opportunity; that I would be welcomed by my team-mates, just like I am used to in Mexico. I am here and I have to enjoy it, but I also have to work very hard. I am a very lucky man. I know football is not predictable.
"You can have good days and bad days, like everyone. But attitude, like I said, you have in your own hands, and I hope to do very well."
Hernandez is likely to start against Barcelona on Saturday and he took the opportunity to heap praises on Barcelona's defensive partnership of Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol.
"They are two centre-backs playing at a world-class level. But the whole team consists of world-class players, and that's what the team and I are aware of; that we have to focus on their whole team, and not on individual players.
"That's how you get prepared, you focus on the whole team and how they play. We also know we should first focus on ourselves, and our game, and how we want to succeed."
"This first year has been marvelous for me. Neither the coach, nor I, nor my family expected this.
"You always want to think that things will go well, that things will go for the best, but never did I imagine playing much. I've been involved a lot in my first season, when I hoped to make a few appearances and play with the reserves and just a few minutes with the first team.
"I had hoped for this beautiful opportunity; that I would be welcomed by my team-mates, just like I am used to in Mexico. I am here and I have to enjoy it, but I also have to work very hard. I am a very lucky man. I know football is not predictable.
"You can have good days and bad days, like everyone. But attitude, like I said, you have in your own hands, and I hope to do very well."
Hernandez is likely to start against Barcelona on Saturday and he took the opportunity to heap praises on Barcelona's defensive partnership of Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol.
"They are two centre-backs playing at a world-class level. But the whole team consists of world-class players, and that's what the team and I are aware of; that we have to focus on their whole team, and not on individual players.
"That's how you get prepared, you focus on the whole team and how they play. We also know we should first focus on ourselves, and our game, and how we want to succeed."
