Granada has formally requested the postponement of this Sunday's match against Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena (4:15 pm) because it does not have players or technicians to face it. LaLiga has denied. this application. This harsh reality has an explanation. Last Thursday it was learned that Antonio Puertas and delegate Manolo Lucena showed symptoms of Covid-19. They were isolated and returned the next day to Granada. On the same Friday, there were tests for the entire squad and they were confirmed the positives of the coach, Diego Martínez, Puertas and Lucena.
But doubts remained. LaLiga informed Granada that no one who had been in Cyprus could travel to San Sebastián due to having had contact with these affected unless they had demonstrated immunity. That is to say. Under this premise, only club members (managers, employees, coaches and players) who have not been in the Cypriot country or those who prove immunity. It only allows players with a positive IGG index or a negative PCR to move and, of course, they have not traveled to Cyprus. The club understands that, in these circumstances, it does not have a minimum number of first-team players.
The club informed LaLiga that in this situation it did not have players, so the football association told it that it should complete the list with Recreativo Granada players. the subsidiary team of Segunda B. Another problem. The second team of Granada has also had games postponed because of the damn bug.
The thing goes further. Víctor Lafuente, physical trainer, had to lead the team against Omonia due to the absence (due to the aforementioned circumstance) of the first coach, his second Raúl Espínola and the goalkeeping coach Juan Carlos Fernández. As well. As Lafuente was in Cyprus, in theory he could not be in San Sebastian either. The question is. Who will sit on the bench?
Under this reality, the CEO, Antonio Fernández Monterrubio, who was also in Cyprus, would not travel either. For that reason the Granada has also approached the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to make them see that this match is impossible to play. Urgency claim.