Who was going to tell

Jorge Molina and Roberto Soldado

, 38 and 35 years old, that soccer still had nights like this Thursday reserved for them.

The two veteran strikers carried the weight of a

boxed Granada

on their backs

to leave them with a foot and a half in, there is nothing, the quarterfinals of the

Europa League

.

The merit of

Diego Martínez's team

is inexhaustible

, which seems to raise its benefits even more the greater the difficulties.

And although Molde is not even close to the level of its previous opponent, a

true Naples

, Granada displayed identical self-demands and that was reflected in Nuevo Los Cármenes in an impeccable result for the Andalusian team.

Granada appeared in this meeting with only

13 professionals

available, two of them goalkeepers and one, the substitute Vallejo, between cottons and only for a handful of minutes (it came out in the discount).

Between the injuries, the sanctions (

Germán, Yangel and Montoro

) and the forced casualties of

Quini, Quina, Marín and Vico

, not registered in the Europa League, making the starting line-up has never been easier for Diego Martínez.

He simply ordered his 10 fully healthy field players onto the field with

Rui Silva

in goal.

The only positive part for Granada was that, despite such a plague of absences, the line-up was recognizable, with almost no one out of place.

None of that daunted the Andalusians, dominating the match from the first minute, claiming the ball to tame Molde.

Granada had several occasions, with

Kenedy

very active, before opening the tie through Jorge Molina, with the assistance of ... Rui Silva.

The goalkeeper put it long and Soldier fought it by high.

The ram did not arrive but neither did his marker, so the ball continued to make its way without Jorge Molina ever losing sight of it.

When he wanted to realize it, the Alcoyano was alone before Linde, whom he won the game in hand-to-hand.

El Molde, conceded that goal, forcibly woke up in the final stretch of the first half, guided by

Eikrem

, their most talented midfielder, captain and footballer.

He wasted those good minutes and upon returning from the dressing rooms Granada recovered part of the lost initiative, although with the feeling that the physical demands of the match and the accumulation of efforts would end up taking their toll as the end approached.

That threat was cleared by

Ellingsten by

seeing two yellow cards in four minutes, both highly avoidable.

There the sky was opened again to a Granada that would hardly suffer again.

Even less when four minutes after staying in superiority, Soldado scored the second goal of the match.

Throw-in, combed back from Molina and volley hitting the base of the Valencian striker.

El Molde had no choice thereafter but to throw in the towel and could even walk away with one more goal if Linde fails to show off a Kenedy's header.

It would have been the icing on the cake for an already outstanding night in this infinite Granada.

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