Giovani dos Santos’s stint with America raises questions about his performance and two former teammates explain why he is not consolidated
Faced with the controversy that has arisen around the level of play of Giovani dos Santos, former teammates of the América player on the national team and together U-17 world champions, they express their position with respect. Guzmán once claims that Giovani should ask himself “why he hasn’t been able to consolidate in America”, while César Villaluz believes he may not have been lucky enough to find a coach who trusts him and puts in his best performance.
In interview for ESPN Digital, Guzmán once confirmed that he greatly admires Giovani and that in general he will always speak as his fan, although he does not escape reality and points out that ‘every weekend you would like to see him give us his explosive football, so pleasing to the eye, because he plays really well “and added that” these are things he should ask himself: why so many injuries, why this, why the other? But that’s his thing. It will be all your conscience. You don’t know what you’ve been through. One is not with him from day to day. What I want is to see him on TV and that he is doing really well and giving us that gem of goals that he scores ”.
Ever Guzmán, who will continue to play for the Hartford Athletic team (of the USL Championship in the United States) next season, said: “I will never give a bad opinion of the 2005 generation because I appreciate them all. A few years ago I saw Gío and Vela in San Antonio; we talked very well for a long time, super friendly. It feels very good that they remember the times we spent as children, and there is the affection ”.
He points out that he admires Giovani and has always followed his career “and to me it was incredible what he did. He played World Cups with Mexico, scored great goals. I see him more as a fan and will always speak good things about him. I am always looking for their triumphs, their successes. I would like him to score a lot of goals in America and become an idol, like he has played in the national team. To me, he has had an enviable career for any Mexican, “adding that unfortunately the injuries” have diminished his process of becoming an idol in America because he has quality, they have it without a doubt. “
VILLALUZ SAYS HE HAS NOT FOUND THE DT THAT GIVES HIM TRUST
For César Villaluz, another member of the golden generation of 2005, since meeting Gio, roughly since he was 15 years old and the years they lived together in national teams U-17, U-20, U-23 and in the great, He has always been the same player with quality that makes the difference; However, he acknowledges that he has been inconsistent in his actions over the years and attributes this to the lack of continuity as “ he may not have found the coach who has faith in him and can make him stand out and be a key player in his team “.
As a person he has not changed. Everyone speaks as it was his turn at the time. I had to live with him and that he always treated me the same; my treatment towards him is also the same. It has never changed, ”explains César Villaluz, who plays for the Cancun team in the Expansion League.
“Lately, he has lacked continuity so that he can keep picking up the pace and be confident and stand out. He has the qualities, they are not lost overnight, but he has needed more minutes to get more and more rhythm into the game ”.
César Villaluz thinks it’s normal that Giovani has to be in a big team like America, where the competition is from day to day and the required good performance is, championships; he is demanding because of his skills, because everyone expects a lot from him and he has to excel ”. He regrets that when he appears to be at his best, “Gío fights injuries” and does not hesitate to assure that his best performance has been in the national team.
Last, He said that the least he should do is to stop preparing for Giovani and it was seen that he was not taking properly what coach Miguel Herrera said, therefore he replied, “but he has to concentrate on him and his team to prepare for better games.”