Chapter Forty-Six: Advancing and Strengthening Strength

Granada's Champions League group stage qualification is not only good news for them, but also for the entire La Liga fans.

In this year's Champions League, the participating teams in La Liga, even the rookie Granada team have successfully qualified, and the other teams are even more so. Atletico Madrid qualified, as did Real Madrid and Barcelona, and both teams comfortably qualified for top spot.

La Liga broke through across the board, which is due to the success and strength of La Liga. And the Champions League also has four teams qualifying. Therefore, the round of 16 of the Champions League has almost become a competition between La Liga and the Premier League. Then the knockout draw will be drawn, and the two leagues will also stage three matchups in the round of 16.

Granada were not one of them, but they did come up against Paris Saint-Germain, who are now stirring up the world. Against the Paris Saint-Germain team that is now gaining momentum, this is really not a good signing.

However, Granada still have a lot of games to play when playing Paris Saint-Germain. At that time, it is still unknown what will happen to the two teams.

After winning Karabakh and qualifying from the group, the Granada team celebrated with great joy. However, it was not a holiday.

It's too tight to have a two-game schedule a week, but it can't be helped, every team in the big five leagues is like that. Without enough strength and bench, multi-front combat will definitely be an extremely difficult test.

And the Granada team is now facing such a test. After playing in the Champions League group stage, they didn't get a short break. Because, next, they not only have La Liga to play, but also the Spanish Copa del Rey to play. The future will be a long period of continuous double weeks. The real test for Granada has just begun.

Less than three days after the match against Qarabagh, Granada will travel to challenge Espanyol.

Although affected by the intensive schedule, the fitness of the main players of the Granada team has been greatly affected. But after a tough battle, Granada still beat Espanyol by one goal.

After winning Espanyol, Granada only had a four-day break before starting a new game. This time it was the Spanish Copa del Rey game.

Thanks to being a La Liga team, Granada started playing in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. This is also a bit of a relief for them.

The Copa del Rey has not been taken seriously by the Granada team since the beginning. There was no way, I didn't have enough strength before, so I could only focus on the league rankings.

And this time, it is also not taken seriously by the Granada team. Although the strength of the Granada team has been greatly increased now, the problem is that they still have too little bench accumulation, and with more important Champions League matches, the Copa del Rey simply cannot allow them to send too many main players on the field.

Luka Modric, Sandel and others, and even Lin Fan were put on the bench by Pirlo. In addition to the main defenders who are in relatively good physical condition, the main attackers in the front court even sat on the sidelines.

Yan Feng, who is the absolute main force and captain of the team, was not so lucky. In view of the ability to work hard and Yan Feng's super physical fitness, he was still put on the field by Pirlo.

Under the leadership of Yan Feng, the Granada team, which was mostly substitute players, still won the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. A La Liga team like Elche, Granada is still more sure. After all, the strength of their current bench lineup is no worse than the main force last season in the case of Yan Feng.

Most of the main players won the first game of the Copa del Rey without playing, which gave the Granada team a little physical recovery.

The less tired Granada team returned to the league and soon won again at home to Alaves.

So far, in the new year, the Granada team has won six consecutive matches in various competitions. It's really a new year, and a momentum of soaring momentum has also made them at the top of La Liga again.

Granada started the new year with all the best, even back to the top of the table, in addition to their steady and excellent performances. Another part of the reason is that there are no strong opponents and competitors, and the state has fluctuated.

And this opponent who has seen ups and downs in form only refers to the Barcelona team that was previously at the top of the table.

After failing to beat the Gnarda team before Christmas, they have been in a slump since the start of the New Year. Although they successfully qualified for the Champions League, they were unable to hold on in the league.

With Messi in front, their attack is still sharp. However, their midfield is not hard enough and is full of holes. Even against a team like Deportivo La Coruna, they failed to win and were forced to draw.

When he met Atletico Madrid, he was even directly taken down by the opponent. Although it was only a small loss of 2:3, the problem of the old and weak cotton and softness of the defense was also exposed.

If it weren't for Paulinho's timely return from injury, Barcelona would have lost in a row. Although they stopped the decline in time, they were overtaken in the standings by a high-flying Granada team.

It is not only Granada that has overtaken Barcelona, but also Real Madrid, who have been in excellent form recently. The drop from top to third has made Barcelona determined to bring in new signings in the winter transfer window.

Also determined to bring in reinforcements is the Granada team. While their main squad is already highly competitive, they still don't have enough depth on the bench. After starting the three-front operation, Pirlo already deeply felt the pressure of insufficient manpower.

Now in the Granada team, money is no longer an issue. Behind him, there is Boss Ma, the God of Wealth, and Jiang Lizhang, who is swishing with a button, waved his hand. As long as the coaching staff likes it, I can bring it back to you.

Pirlo has his eye on Mina, a striker from Valencia. Mina in '95 is good and has a lot of potential. The current Granada team has Sandel as the main centre-forward, and there is a spare Klavitz, but it is clearly not enough. Fighting on three fronts, the Granada team needs a strong candidate.

Mina was already heavily used in the Valencia team, and it was not easy to poach him. However, after shelling out a lot of money, Mina was finally attracted by the good prospects of the Granada team.

After some difficult judgment, Yan Feng had a new teammate named Mina. By this time, the strikers had Sandel, Mina, Kravitz, and Anthony Martial and Riyad Mahrez, two wingers, which was enough to use.

The strikers are enough, but the rest of the world is not enough. After asking Yan Feng's opinion, Pirlo decided to strengthen the back line. He has his eye on Manchester United's Italian international Darmian.

Darmian, who was born in '89, is in his prime, and if he can play on the left and right flanks, he will be a great addition to the Granada full-backs.

And to take down Damian, it is not something that can be achieved in a short time. The introduction of Damian was in a difficult position for the time being.

In addition to the above two, Pirlo actually has a crush on Liverpool's Coutinho. It's just that when the outside world first announced that the Granada team was interested in Coutinho, the Barcelona team joined in the snatch in a high-profile manner.

The Barcelona team directly took out a huge sum of 160 million euros. To match such a huge transfer fee, Jiang Lizhang naturally asked the God of Wealth. It's just that when the Granada team was just about to come up with no less than that, Coutinho couldn't wait to express his willingness to join the great team of Barcelona.

Granada continued to fight for it, but had to give up after discovering that Coutinho would prefer to go to Barcelona. That's why Granada wanted to bring in Mina.

Granada are still trying to bring in other quality players, but the team does not have enough glorious history, and the move to bring in star-level players has been mired in hard talk.