Juan Iglesias: “I am very grateful to Ángel Torres for giving me the opportunity to be in Getafe”

TO his 22 years, Juan Iglesias (July 3, 1998) has made a place in the first team of Getafe CF. The right-back even left Damián Suárez on the bench last weekend in the duel against Osasuna and is called to be important in the next lists of José Bordalás. Two consecutive titles and his sights set on the duel against Cádiz. The Valladolid man attends to Marca in the preview of the duel against the yellows and emphasizes the importance of the clash, as well as the assurance that the dressing room will take the goal forward.

How are you after these two days being a starter?

I feel quite well, I am happy, for me it is very important to have my head that way, that way I perform better. I feel good, the coach is giving me confidence, opportunities, I’m fine. I’m very happy.

How are you doing?

I’m doing well, calmly. Football gives opportunities, sometimes very few, you have to take advantage of it, sometimes the train passes once. You have to be prepared to catch them

If they tell you this at the beginning of the season …

I’d be surprised, is the word. Prepared too, they are opportunities that must be seized. In the end they were very beautiful games that you can’t imagine at the beginning of the season. This moment arrived, I knew how to take advantage of the opportunity. At the beginning of the season I would say that it is impossible and more so on dates like Elche, Osasuna, which are games that must be won to be saved. I’m ready for when the coach continues to give me confidence.

What is the secret of Juan Iglesias?

For me the main thing is that I am a person who works a lot, who takes great care of himself and my head is well furnished. Not for playing one, two or a hundred games will my way of being and doing things change, it will continue to be the same. Work has to always be there. Things come from work. Being well surrounded is always essential.

In addition, we understand that your diet has radically changed …

Yes, since I arrived in Madrid. In Logroño it was everything to the contrary, I ate at all times what I wanted and when I arrived in Madrid I made a change in the preparation and it has helped me a lot to be better.

You have a good mirror where you can look at yourself with Damien, right?

For me it is a pride, the other day I saw some data that Damián is one of those who has the most games in the club. I pay attention to him a lot, because of how he is, how he behaves. He is an example in every way, I pay a lot of attention to everything he does.

And they painted him as an ogre …

That happens a lot in real life. Until you meet a person you do not know what they really are. People are very wrong about Damien.

Do you sign to play the 200 games in Getafe?

The truth is that I hope, right now I would tell you that I wish that would happen, it is a club in which I am very comfortable and that has given me everything since I arrived two years ago.

How do you see the next course?

When I signed in Getafe, I was four years old. I still have two left, I wish the club at some point would offer me more because I am delighted here.

Have you spoken with Ángel Torres?

I have not discussed these issues with him. He is a person who is close, the people who work at the club know that the first one always comes. With me the times that I have been with him he has been very close. I am very grateful for the opportunity it has given me to be in a great club like Getafe.

There are few presidents who like football so much, right?

That’s something I always say. The president is always there first watching Getafe B. Not many do. In that sense it is different and that is why it is where the team and the club are.

Besides Damien, what other mirror do you have in your dressing room?

Well, it’s a changing room in which there are a lot of people that I look at. I think it is an exemplary wardrobe in everything. From the first day I arrived they have welcomed me as one of them. They are united and we are going to move this forward.

Now, Cádiz’s turn

Yes, we know that it is a very important game, it is the most of the season. Against Elche and Osasuna we knew they were very important but they have already happened, now Cadiz is coming and we are preparing the game as the most important of the season.

Do you think that all the fuss in Cádiz can affect you?

I do not think, they know what they are playing and for them it will be another final. They will put that aside and come to win. If they win it is a big push in their goal but for us too.

Have people gotten used to seeing you always fight upstairs?

In the end, in football, all the people and fans and players, when you have good years, it’s like you have to keep doing them but you don’t always have them. The goal is always salvation, it is what we are going to achieve. We have six points higher, there are many days left, nothing has been done yet.

Is it angry to be playing now and not having the public by your side?

The truth is, fans are everything in football. Without the fans I think there would be no football. You miss jumping onto the field and having the support of your fans. The support of your family. It is true that nothing can be done, only wait.

Do you notice that support from the fans away from the pitch?

In this case, I notice it because now you can’t go to the fields and you can’t see the people, but in networks I have had that support since I arrived. Now I am having more. In the end what I said, people will be able to come to the field and will be able to see the subsidiary. When that happens it will be seen if they continue to support me or not (laughs).

What has happened to Getafe B?

I think bad luck. I don’t know if it exists in football but I think we have competed in games. We have had failures and no team has been superior to us, no one has given us a shake, I have not felt a team like that, it was all our failures. Looking at people as they train, I see that there is a good team. There are games left and we are going to get it.

What would it mean for a player to drop two categories in one year?

It’s complicated, it’s something we’ve talked about, it’s something I’ve talked about with people. The Third is going to be the fifth division in Spain, there will be fewer resources. It is in everyone’s head and that is why we want to turn the situation around. We are six points away, there is a lot left. I am convinced that we are going to achieve it.