Mallorca’s victory against Atlético de Madrid has compressed the red zone of the classification in an extraordinary way. The Balearic team has the same 29 points as the Granada team. At the moment he is above in the classification by general goal average because there is still the second confrontation between the two in Son Moix.
Granada has to face seven finals in which it will be judge and jury. In the first place, a tremendous game against Levante, which they have tightened in recent days; followed by a visit to Atlético de Madrid in whose stadium they have only won once and that in 1959; receives the always uncomfortable Celta to face a tremendous visit to Mallorca, the island where he obtained his last promotion to First and that can leave out whoever falls defeated. In the first leg, the rojiblancos won 4-1; Next will be Marcelino’s Athletic who will be in the middle of the fight to get into Europe, a very complicated trip to the Betis field that aspires to get into the Champions League to close in Los Cármenes against Espanyol. Seven dizzying games.
He cannot sign for the injured
Such an exciting final stretch will have to be faced by the Granada players without Carlos Neva or Torrente, long-term injured. The regulations no longer allow players to be signed to replace absent players for periods of more than five months due to serious injuries. after the famous ‘Braitwhite case’ Article 123, which regulates the license application period, was modified. Barcelona signed the Danish striker after paying Leganés his termination clause, 18 million euros, after making up for Dembèlè’s injury. The Madrid team was not allowed to look for a substitute and ended up being relegated to the Second Division. Since then that regulation has been abolished. Granada could only sign a player without a team, that is, unemployed, because he has a free card. But he will not be able to discharge Neva and Torrente from the federation to bring in two emergency relays.
The nightmare of Los Carmenes
Granada has not won in Los Cármenes so far in 2022. His last win against his unconditional fans dates back to 12-23-2021 (2-1 against Atlético de Madrid). Since then, 1-1 against Barça, 0-2 against Osasuna, defeat against Villarreal (1-4), draw with Cádiz, new setbacks against Elche (0-1) and Rayo (2-2). In six games three points out of 18 possible.