On september 2010 · El Humilde Aficionado
1. How do you rate your experience outside of Spain? What has been the most complicated?
The truth is that I appreciate as a pretty good experience, despite having my fourth year away from home. I get up with the same excitement the first day I came to Rangers. I'm enjoying in a foreign league, and perhaps most important, that is what I have devoted myself to football. At first it costs a little language issue. The country or football is not so, at least for me.
2. What is the player with the one you have side face in your career, and why?
The truth is that it is difficult to think of good players there are in Spain, England and European competitions. I'd say Rooney, for their mobility and because even though their appearance may deceive is technically good. It seems slow and clumsy, but for nothing. And I would say Torres, I've measured it several times both in Spain and here: it is very fast, strong, powerful and a player who is capable of scoring a fourth-hand. From nothing makes a goal.
3. Are you superstitious at times before games? Do you have a ritual?
Nor am very superstitious, really. I'd say only two. One is to go with your right leg to the field. The other is that whenever I entered the field holder for a walk, only the floor directly in heating.
4. Being named Player of a league, even the Scottish, where defense is amazing. How you took that choice? What was your reaction when you find out?
The first surprise, I did not expect. It was the first time this award, the oldest in the United Kingdom, won a defense and did not expect to receive upon arrival. We did a very good year all in the Rangers, winning two and losing the final of the UEFA League play well until the end. The truth is that thanks to my teammates got those awards.
5. What differences do you see between the Spanish and the Premier League as it relates off the pitch? Or at least, how do you live?
Perhaps the philosophy and mentality of live football 24 hours they have. We got up early to make breakfast all together, eat together after training ... What they want is that your only concern is to play. Protect you a lot of pressure or personal wrongdoing. In Spain you may whistle for it but not here. They have another mentality.
6. What would you choose: play a European Championship with Spain or participate in the next UEFA Champions League with Aston Villa? Why?
The two, because I like to get the challenges that I propose. I have always worked well. Those who say they are two of the principal of my football life now and I struggle to get both ...
7. What was or is your best friend in football?
Buff is very complicated. Choose one or two, it would be disrespect to many who have had both professional football and in the amateur. Luckily where I have lived I have many and those who keep in touch. It's a nice part of football.
8. What is the best weapon of the new Aston Villa? What player would you highlight of the workforce, and why?
Villa's best weapon I always say it's all because we have great players but no superstar to depend. If you want me to highlight one would say that up is very good for us speed and dribbling Gabby and Ashley verticality of one-on-one. Defenders made to suffer.
9. Where did you live the World Cup final between Holland and Spain?
In a bar in Birmingham along with the Spanish colony in the city. We gathered 200 or 250 people ... (There are pictures and videos on my website http://cuellar24.com/es/multimedia/)
10. When you were little, what you had football dreams?
Be where I am now: playing in the Premier League, having played in before. I'm not complaining, but I still have others like the Champions League again, go to the Spanish national team and then be in a big tournament, and play in a big European league other.
11. If you could do an alignment with your 11 favorite players, what would? For something special?
Ricardo, Cafu, Hierro, Baresi, Maldini, Zidane, Maradona, Pele, Cruyff, Papin and Ronaldo Nazario. All my love and Ricardo is a great friend. Casillas is also very good.
12. What was the funniest story happened to you in a stadium?
Many ... but perhaps I should say one of the era of Rangers. The first time I sang my song the crowd, which say I can sleep with their wives, did not understand what I said. At a time when the party asked a colleague who said and flipped. I turned red and started to laugh. It was very nice.
13. What is more difficult, do not stop playing in the winter and missing Christmas with family in Spain or acclimation to a new season after a long summer?
Miss Christmas with the family is hard. Around the holidays you take to win, because they often have to play again mono.
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