Diego Martínez’s Granada CF is one of the revelation teams of the last two seasons, achieving qualification for the Europa League last season by remaining in seventh place in the table. In addition, during this season, they have managed to maintain the level shown last season, occupying the eighth place and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
Therefore, from MBP School of Coaches perform an analysis where it will be explained the idea of the game that the team led by Diego Martínez has, both in offensive and defensive phase, highlighting the main nuances in each of the phases.
GAME IDEA
* Offensive phase
Granada is a team that does not renounce to serve the ball played from behind and certain mechanisms can be observed in this phase of the game. Nevertheless, do not take excessive risk at this point in the game, and if the opponent manages to apply good pressure on the opponent’s field, they do not hesitate to play long and try to win the second plays through a correct landing net to settle in the opposite field.
Once they get it, the main objective is to create numerical superiorities in band in order to obtain center-to-area situations. In order to create these superiorities, they seek to generate offensive triangles on the wing through the lateral, near inside and extreme.
Another very defined offensive aspect within the Granada team is the number of troops he introduces into the rival area, where a minimum of three players can always be visualized when a center is made.
* Defensive phase
The main premise of Granada FC in the defensive phase is try to defend the furthest thing from your goal. For this, the Granada team is characterized by having a very high defensive line when the ball is located in the rival field.
In addition, another of the key defensive aspects of Granada CF’s game is pressure after loss in opposite field, where the players located in the intervention zone apply very intense pressure to the possessor of the ball and possible nearby receivers, with the aim of preventing the rival from progressing comfortably and forcing them to play long, to later dispute those aerial balls (one of the strengths of Diego Martínez’s team).
Analysis summary
After analyzing Diego Martínez’s team, we have been able to appreciate the great job done by this coaching staff, which has led the team to play for two consecutive seasons above the expected level “a priori”, taking into account the available resources.
A series of extremely interesting and worked tactical nuances are clearly identified that allow Granada CF to compete against any rival, both in domestic competition and in Europe.
