Cavani puts an end to Granada's European dream

Granada's European feat came to an end at Old Trafford. Few better venues exist to close out a historic and unforgettable Europa League premiere. The epilogue did not give for a comeback that depended on a miracle after Los Cármenes 0-2. But Diego Martínez's team says goodbye to Europe with its head held high, which showed trade and ambition and deserved a better result against a United that at no time saw the pass compromised and did not get to remove their nails.

Granada traveled convinced that they would have a choice. But the illusions of comeback lasted just over five minutes. The time it took Cavani to score the first goal of the meeting and liquidating a tie that barely had the faith of the rojiblanco team left. The Uruguayan scored his second goal in four days and definitely left behind a drought that lasted for more than two months.

The 1-0 reduced to a minimum the already scarce visitor options of being in the semifinals. Although it did not intimidate Granada. Diego Martínez repeated ad nauseam to his players to savor until the last minute of this historic feat that they have starred in Europe. And they do it like that. His Granada enjoyed and competed until the end.

United took off a march from the game and Granada settled in at the controls and ruled the clash. Yangel Herrera, the best visitor on the pitch, rounded the goal on several occasions in the first half and had the last seconds before the 90 'and the final 2-0. The Venezuelan, on loan from City, wanted to leave his mark on the temple of his greatest rival citizen and signed a game of manual both in the recovery and reaching the local area. The lack of aim and De Gea left all his auctions without a prize.

There was no lack of injury on duty. This time it was Gonalons who stayed on the road and left with an injured left shoulder.. Kenedy, the great unknown in the previous one, started and left some spark of his class, but Diego decided not to force him excessively and substituted him in the intermission.

With the tie resolved, Solskjaer also wanted to minimize risks and left Pogba in the dugout. The Frenchman, with a yellow card since the beginning of the game, flirted in several actions with a second warning and the Norwegian did not want to risk losing him for the first leg of the semifinals.

The revitalizing effect of the changes after the break (Puertas entered for Kenedy and Luis Suárez for Soldado) did not last long for Granada. Jorge Molina had the tie in his head, but his shot ended up in the hands of De Gea. The Nasrid team also continued to take advantage of the set piece, which gave another serious warning through Germán. The last one, very clear, also praised De Gea as the winner against Yangel. It was enough for Manchester United to stand behind and watch the minutes go by. Almost did not appear through the area of ​​Rui Silva until the final center of Alex Telles that Vallejo, involuntarily, introduced into his goal.

The final 2-0 left Granada's European dream without the icing on a good result at Old Trafford, but the pride that remains in the heart of granadinismo is infinite. This precious journey reached its end. Now we only have to hope that the next European feat will not take another 90 years to arrive..