The Granada Gazette
Squad29 Mar 2032
A knee injury of the worst kind for Izei Espinosa
38 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Granada lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match27 Mar 2032
No end in sight to Granada's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Granada has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom29 Mar 2032
The scrutiny sharpens at Granada
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Granada is running low.
Market29 Mar 2032
Nicolás Molina asks to leave Granada
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad29 Mar 2032
Tempers go at Granada
Rafael Camacho 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.
Squad29 Mar 2032
A row about effort at Granada
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Asier Villalibre was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout29 Mar 2032
No hiding place for Iván Villar
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Iván Villar, and the manager let it.
Match27 Mar 2032
Granada come up short against Gijón
Gijón left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout29 Mar 2032
Rubén Peña: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Gonzalo Petit
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Juan Camacho's mistake
- The dugout David Ramírez does not fit this one