Never before has a defeat tasted so sweet. The Pomegranate, who lost to him PSV (0-1), took advantage of the stumble of PAOK in the other group game against him Omonia (2-1) and can already say for the first time in its history that it is a team in the sixteenth of the Europe
League. He even leaves the last day to know if he is the head of the group, or second.
And is that all stories have a place in a sport like football. That of Pomegranate It is one of those unlikely, science fiction, because only two years ago the Andalusians were in Second division and today they celebrate a historic pass in Europe. That is football.
The PSV, dominator
Despite the fact that several in the previous one had cataloged the party as historical for the Pomegranate (because it was), Diego Martínez's men were trailed by their rivals. Or their rivals above them, which is also legitimate to mention. And it is that while the Dutch arrived punctual to all the divided balls, to the Nasrid the sheets stuck to him again and again.
They took cover in their area, which they furnished with players to avoid blows, and what they got was to be very dominated by the visitors. Domain, yes, sterile, with hardly any noise, but warning of more things. And the one who warns …
Therefore, in 38 ', Malen made certain the suspicions and well the center of Max from the left to overtake his own. Until then the Pomegranate he sent balls to Soldier so that, in honor of his surname, he would wage war on his own, but it gave him more desire than success.
Nasrid metamorphosis
I go through changing rooms, drink water and renewed energy. Although not so immediately, but nobody ever said that playing in Europe was going to be easy. With the changes of Diego
Martinez (Foulquier and Luis Suárez), Granada underwent a metamorphosis. From cocoon to butterfly. And what was suffering turned into danger on the Dutch goal although without a goal.
The Andalusians continued to buy tickets for the tie with more offensive changes (Jorge Molina and Puertas) aware of the importance of scoring but the truth is that they did not even need the victory of the Omonia before him PAOK in the other game in the group, he gave them the ticket for the sixteenth.
Historic night for the Nasrid team that, in its first participation in the Europa League, “sneaks” into the knockout rounds. It is difficult to guess how long the party in the street would have lasted if not living with the happy virus.
DATA SHEET
POMEGRANATE: Rui Silva; Domingos Duarte, Germán (Foulquier, 54 '), Jesús Vallejo, Carlos Neva, Darwin Machís, Luis Milla (Jorge Molina, 76'), Yangel Herrera, Gonalons, Alberto Soro (Luis Suárez, 54 ') and Roberto Soldado (Antonio Puertas , 82 ').
PSV: Mvogo; Max, Boscagli, Teze, Dumfries (Baumgartl, 71 '); Rosario, Sangaré, Götze, Noni Madueke (Zahavi, 38 '), Gakpo and Malen.
Goals: 0-1; Malen (d. 38)
Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel) admonished Duarte (m. 18), Germán (m. 27), Sangaré (m. 41), Götze (m. 61), Machís (m. 76) with a yellow card
Incidents: match corresponding to the fifth day of the group stage of the Europa League played behind closed doors at Nuevo Los Cármenes.