The Granada Gazette
Squad17 Feb 2042
Milan Mutsers damages knee ligaments — 43 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 43 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings17 Feb 2042
Pau Casadesús goes up and wins it — 7.77
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.77 for the rest of it.
Squad17 Feb 2042
Tempers go at Granada
Riley Owen was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match15 Feb 2042
Ventsi Bodurov among the goals in a wild afternoon
8 goals in one match, Ventsi Bodurov on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Granada and Osasuna.
Squad17 Feb 2042
Steven van der Sloot gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match15 Feb 2042
Ventsi Bodurov rescues a point for Granada
It needed Ventsi Bodurov to find the net to bring anything home at all: 4‑4 against Osasuna, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad17 Feb 2042
A muscle injury sidelines Frédéric Barbier for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Granada will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Player ratings17 Feb 2042
Nobody could get near Axel Carrasco
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings17 Feb 2042
Nico Vargas changes it off the bench
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and Granada had a different afternoon.
In brief
- Player ratings Baba Diocou ran the game
- Boardroom The Granada production line keeps running
- Market The shop window has Tomás Muñoz in it