Tto accumulate experience with the previous generation of the sub 21, Hugo Guillamón (San Sebastián 2000) has become one of the pillars of the team that leads Luis de la Fuente. The elegance in the exit of the ball that the player of the Valencia is at the service of a team that seeks to accelerate its way through the European of the category.
- He arrives as one of the veterans after being in the European past. It is already in your generation.
- Yes, there has been a generation change with respect to the previous European and some of us have to repeat that we are veterans. But new people are coming and the sooner we form the group, the better for us.
- You will continue to share defense with Francés, how do you feel together?
- I already know Francés from several calls in which we have been together and it is important to form those connections. Not just with each other, but with the whole group. With the players we already know and with those who come new. It is important both on the field and off the field.
- In Valencia he is playing as a midfielder but he arrives at the national team as a central defender.
- I have not discussed it with Luis but I have always said that both at the club and in the national team, wherever the coach needs me, I am willing to play. Here it is true that I am central. Whatever it takes to help the team.
- How was the change of position?
- It is obvious that the demand at this level was going to be maximum but from the preseason I started to work with the coach and the team in that position. In what he needed to reinforce and in the movements he had to learn. I am very comfortable, getting better and better. I’m feeling good and I hope to keep improving to be at a great level.
- His precision to get the ball facilitates this adaptation.
- In the end, it is a characteristic that can help you in the middle of the field, but the important thing is to try to improve every day, learn from what the coach tells me and from what my teammates help me, who are helping me a lot in these first steps in the elite as a midfielder. I am very happy and I hope to continue improving.
Last year was complicated, we had a hard time enjoying it!
- Is it more fun to play midfielder?
- Is different. I like to have the ball and maybe you play it more as a midfielder, but playing as a center-back also fun.
- Is it easy to get along with Carlos Soler?
- Yes, we have known each other for a long time and he is one of those who is helping me. He has been in the first team for many years and is a fundamental piece. It’s easy to get along with him like the others, who are high-level players.
- This season is being different, are you enjoying it more?
- Yes, we were all clear that we did not want to go through last season again, which was a difficult year for all of us. Even if it is only the beginning, it is true that we have started well. These last games it has cost us a little more to get victories but the team is working well, it is giving everything and we must continue like this, difficult games are coming. You have to keep improving to be at the top.
The team went into a loop that it couldn’t get out of last season. “
- At last he lives a calm situation in Valencia.
- For us the important thing is what happens on the green and in the team. It is where we focus our attention. We play the games to win and to leave Valencia as high as possible in each season.
- What has changed compared to last season?
- There is no clear explanation, the team is similar. Last year we tried, maybe things weren’t going and the team went into a loop that it couldn’t get out of. It cost us a lot throughout the season. Now we have had a good start, things have turned out better for us, but this has only just begun, it is very long and we cannot afford a season like the previous one.
- Is it your best moment since you have been at Valencia?
- Can be. I have been in the first team for a short time but I am happy with how I am growing. I am adapting well to every situation. Last year was difficult, it was difficult for us to enjoy both myself and the team. Now we are better.
