The great merit of Granada: survive COVID-19 and a devastating calendar

What Granada has achieved has a merit extraordinary. It is not easy at all to qualify for the round of 32 of the Europa League, a competition as prestigious as it is demanding, after overcoming three previous heats and a group stage with rivals of continental substance.

Granada is the Spanish team that has played the most games so far this season. They are 18 They include in the precia phase and five more in the group phase. A frenetic pace with a tremendous obstacle: the coronavirus outbreak that had almost the entire team in quarantine with the consequent damage in the form of consecutive defeats against Real Sociedad, Valladolid, Celta and PSV. But with everything and with that, mission accomplished! “Making history in this way is something extraordinary,” said Diego Martínez, happy for a sensational achievement, with the match against PAOK in Thessaloniki remaining.

The players showed all their satisfaction for a job well done on social media. Darwin Machís He congratulated all the people of Granada: “they deserve it.” “The European dream continues” he wrote Sundays Duarte while Antonio Puertas he summed it up perfectly in the flash zone: “This is a real dream.” Y Vallejo he recapitulated: “You have to celebrate it and enjoy it as it deserves.”

But, as we said, the calendar does not leave room for parties. This Sunday Huesca arrives, in need of points. The same as the Granada that returns to the league reality, “what gives us to eat” as the Granada coach recalled not long ago. A reality where the Nasrid accumulate three consecutive defeats although it seems that it is approaching its best level after the hard experience of the cursed coronavirus.