Granada reached a new historic milestone by defeating Swedish Malmoe 1-3 and qualifying for the Europa League group stage in their first continental appearance.
Machís, Puertas and Herrera dialed to get that European passport.
Granada dominated, but without creating scoring chances, at the start of the game in which both teams respected each other a lot and prioritized not making mistakes.
The rojiblancos' first two dangerous approaches came in two corner kicks and were signed by defenders, with a long shot from Víctor Díaz and a header from Germán Sánchez.
Granada pressed more and more with the passing of the minutes and after half an hour it was 0-1 in a great play on the right of Antonio Puertas finished off in the small area with a goal by
Darwin Machís
, who was free of mark after the uncheck to drag rivals of
Roberto Soldado
.
The Swedes reacted well and the Portuguese Rui Silva pulled reflexes to avoid the draw just a few minutes later on a clear chance from
Ola Toivonen
.
The Spanish team withstood the attacks of the Swedes well and was already observing the break when the tie came in a throw-in from the left of
Jonas Knudsen
, an action in which no visiting player cleared a ball that hit the post and pushed goal on the same line Berget.
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The second part also began with clear dominance of Granada, despite the fact that Diego Martínez's men were not able to reach the rival area clearly.
The first time they did, they scored 1-2, shortly before game time, in a low center from the left by Carlos Neva that ended with a cross shot from Antonio
Puertas
.
As in the first half, Malmoe reacted with a clear chance to draw and it was Rui Silva who avoided it again with a good save in the point-blank shot by Anel Ahmedhodzic.
They made offensive changes and tried to tighten the Swedes against a Granada that was firm and orderly until the end and that sentenced the crash, of course, to set pieces.
A perfect free kick by
Ángel Montoro
in the 86th minute ended in 1-3 when
Yangel Herrera
entered from behind free of mark
to beat local goalkeeper Marko Johansson with his first shot.
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