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Release time: May 4, 2019 03:57 EDT | Update time: May 4, 2019 03:58 EDT

No one can overcome Charlton Athletic's recent victories and tribulations like Chris Solly.

The right-back experienced a 101-point, 30-win league championship season in the 2011-12 season. In their bleak relegation battle, they left home 5-0 and 6-0. Fans protested including the ball, pigs and The crisp bag was thrown to the Valley Stadium and revived under the leadership of Li Bowyer this season, making them look forward to the league's first play-off next week. 

Oh, and another fan described him affectionately as 5 feet 3 inches.

Charlton Athletic captain Chris Solley spent his witness year at the London club

At the beginning of next season, the 28-year-old player will play 300 times at the club and is currently enjoying his witness year, which is a rare feat in today's game.

Solly is the last player to participate in our Sky Bet EFL Q&A. He hopes this season will last until the last weekend of May.

The game has a clear idea. He was intimidated by the two-wing threats of Wilfrid Zaha and Yannick Bolasi in the same game and wanted to play behind Beckham.

Use three words to describe your performance on the court.

Use three words to describe yourself off the court.

The best moment of your career so far?

Promoted to the Championship in the 2011-12 season. The whole season. It's difficult to choose a moment, but I want to say that that year was the best and most enjoyable moment in my career so far. 

Everyone looks back at the time of January. The Sheffield game was a real moment for us to come forward and everyone thought:'Charlton is very strong this year. They look like they are going to rise. 

We played away against Sheffield on Wednesday and we won 1-0. Sheffield United won 1-0 at home the following week. They and Huddersfield may be our two closest opponents. 

The right back has experienced many ups and downs during his club.

Beating them back to back may be the real incentive for us to think we will continue to win the league.

I turned 21 in January of that season, which is the perfect age, because we had a trip to Vegas as a promotion reward, so I was almost successful. The other lads did not travel because they were not old enough.

This is just the norm for me. I'm still young, just joined the team, you are fearless. You don't try to overthink everything, you just finish every game and enjoy it. 

This is one of the things I might look back at at the end of my career, or if it happens again like the success we have achieved this season, you will be more grateful and accept it.

At the time, you didn't realize how special it was. With a record-breaking total score, you were only part of it. When I stop playing games, I may remember more. 

That team will go down in the club's history, and that year will be remembered as affectionately as the play-off finals 20 years ago.

Who is the most difficult opponent you have ever encountered?

There are two, but they are in the same game with the same Crystal Palace team-(Yannick) Bolasie and (Wilfried) Zaha, changing wings every 20 minutes. 

But they are the kind of games I have always liked as a full-back. One-on-one combat has always been part of my favorite game, trying to make your winger better.

They are all direct, but I want to say that Bolasie is more direct, he can kick the ball past you and run, while Zaha tries to get the ball close to his feet and dribble past you, can walk a little bit more, feint, he shoots More. 

Bolasi is more like a winger through and through. Although he is correct to play on the left, he can use his speed on the outside.

Solly believes that Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha is the most difficult opponent he has faced.

Zaha was on my side, and we had three or four duels in the first 15 or 20 minutes. Then he changed his wings, which is always a good thing for me. 

I always think that if a player changes the wing, it is because he doesn't like my side and I must do well. 

But 15 minutes later, he came back to me, so maybe this is just what they did throughout the game, just to keep the full backs vigilant.

I talk to some wingers that I face, but in that type of game, I really don’t, because the moment you start to relax and relax, your concentration will drop, and in that second they have already Beyond you, this may be the difference.

The most embarrassing moment in football?

In the season we were relegated (relegated), we had a terrible week. We lost the game 5-0 at Huddersfield on Tuesday night (January 2016). 

Over the next few days, the management changed, and then we challenged Hull on Saturday and lost the game 6-0. Those five days were the worst period I have ever experienced in football. Overall, this is a bad season.

After we were hit hard on Tuesday, the new coach (José Riga) made some adjustments to the team on Saturday. This looks like a very strong team. We arrived at the stadium and walked to the stadium. 

A few lads were chatting, and I remember Roger Johnson said to me:'We look very strong today-on paper. I think my brother will even support us in achieving results today. Then we lost the game 6-0.

You do feel guilty for fans. The away challenge to Huddersfield on Tuesday night was not a close game. Charlton always travels a lot, and we may have 800 fans that night. This is devastating. 

Solley crossed during Charlton’s recent Sky Bet League One game against Luton Town

The truce on Saturday is not the most ideal game. They just entered the Premier League not long ago and we know they will become a very strong team.

Finally, it is the right way to hand it over to the fans. You have to express your gratitude, as if you knew you would get the skin back. You have to do this, just put it on your chin, because they give you a little bit of persistence.

too frightening. You go there and think:'I don't want to go here', but you also know that you have to do this. You should thank them for their efforts to come up to see you. This is part of the game. You have to accompany bad times with good times.

I remember that after the game on Tuesday, the locker room was very lively. Said a lot. But in order for it to happen again on Saturday, 10 or 15 minutes is deathly silence. The boys were destroyed. They lowered their heads.

Which song got you in the mood to participate in the competition?

I don't listen to music before the game. We keep it in the locker room and Pearcey (Jason Pearce) or Dill will play their music.

Dill (Goalkeeper Dillon Phillips) played more old-school music, maybe a few 80s songs, and he would mix them together. I prefer to listen to the latest R'n' B nonsense.

Some guys wear headphones and listen to their playlists every week. Patrick Bauer does this every week. I have never done this before. I would sit there, read the show and try to relax, getting ready for the warm-up.

What sinful food pleasure do you have?

How many answers can I give you here? I don’t have enough fingers. Carrot cake or cheesecake. Carrot cake is very healthy. Anyway, that's what I told myself. Any kind of dessert.

If I go to a restaurant, I always have an appetizer and dessert and a main course. I try to eat healthy within a week, and then if I play on Saturday, I will probably eat takeaway on Saturday night-Indian or Chinese. 

Soli saw the red in Charlton’s recent first game of the league against Oxford at Kassam Stadium

I think it’s best to take a meal from your system and resume a healthy diet within a week. The same is true after the game, which is not bad.

I used to like Nutella, but then I often had migraines. My wife attributed it to Nutella, so I don't have it anymore.

Which player in history do you want to fight alongside-why?

Go ahead, David Beckham. He can keep it wide. You just need to feed him, bypass him, and you know he has takeaway. 

The other side of his game that is not really mentioned is his work efficiency. He always walks back. His relationship with Manchester United's Gary Neville during those years was a bit unknown. 

Neville knew that Beckham would always cover him, so he had the right to bomb and overlap for fun. And you know that if you give him the ball, he will touch the ball with his foot and then pass the ball to the forward's head nine times out of ten.

On the defensive end, I would say that someone like Liverpool's (Virgil) Van Dijk, someone like Andrew Robertson is qualified to bomb all day, and is very strict with his wingers because he knows everything behind, Van Dyke would sweep it away. 

So you don't have the idea that if the ball is played in the back, you will play against your winger.

Liverpool’s defensive superstar Virgil van Dijk is a player Solly is willing to fight alongside him

Which famous coach do you most want to play for-why?

I have many managers in Charlton. Personally, if I ever dabble in this area, I am lucky that I have many managers who can take the positive parts I think from everyone and integrate them together.

But if it is a modern coach, it must be (Pep) Guardiola. Manchester City's style of play, especially for his full-backs, if the ball is on the right hand side, the left full-back will be in the midfield, in the fourth possession midfield position.

We have never seen a team do this before, so you want to know how Guardiola coached them. I watched their game the other night. Kyle Walker was close to a third at center and Zinchenko was in the middle. 

Then when they exchange games, Zinchenko will come out from the wing, and Walker will enter that position. 

This is a completely different way of playing a full-back position, but they seem to have achieved great success in this regard.

I saw Vincent Kompany said in an interview that the most regrettable thing in his career was not being coached by Guardiola when he was young. When Guardiola started coaching him, he might have been 31 or 32 years old. 

Manchester City coach Guardiola is the person Soli wants to play under him most

He said that in his last two years, he learned a lot and he only hopes to be ten years younger when he owns him. 

I think Guardiola has completely changed the game. He has done it in different countries. Everyone said that the Premier League will be a different game, but he came here and broke various records.

You have to let the players play in his way, but if he comes to Charlton in the league, I think we are likely to automatically advance according to their way of playing. 

I would love to see a manager like him downgrade and see how he performs. You also want to watch it with players. Ronaldo and the like will not go to Juventus, but choose the league first.

If you were not a football player, what would you do?

I believe you will get the same answer every time, but I just graduated from school and got a scholarship directly at Charlton. When I was 15 years old, I could come here to train two days after school, so I only knew football.

I always liked sports when I was growing up, so I thought I would participate in sports in a certain capacity, but honestly, I don't know. I am the same now. 

When I stopped playing, I didn't know what I was going to do. Everyone likes to think that they can stay in the game, but there are only so many characters. I am making my badge. 

I have completed my B license. I am currently working on my A license, and I enjoy the side of it. The scouting side has always interested me.

Tell us a secret that fans don’t know...

The simple point is that I am not 5 feet 3 inches. I’m actually 5 feet 8.5 inches (Charlton fans’ playlists include timeless classics: "Chris Solley/He’s only 5 feet 3 inches/he’s better than John Terry/Chris Solley · Soli').

Many people are surprised to see me. They said, "You are not actually 5 feet 3 inches."

I had superstitions when I was young. Nothing strange, but when we go out, I will never be the first to put on boots, and I always put my left on the right.

Charlton fans supported their team in a recent game at Gillingham as they pursued a promotion

Now it's just that if I have a good game, I will try to do the same in the next game, but I think most players will do it. I had one in 2011.

I got a tattoo on my left arm on Thursday. The match was on Saturday. The tattoo artist said to me: "Try not to get it wet, scratched or dirty", so I wore a tubigrip to cover my middle forearm and Upper arm.

We won 3-0 (against Bournemouth in August 2011). It was the first game of the season, so I said: "I will always wear tubigrip until we lose the game." We didn't lose the game until New Year's Eve (lost 1-0 at Leiden Orient), so I basically have five months on my arm.

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