A goal from the Colombian forward Luis Suarez In the last minutes of the first half, it allowed Granada to break its losing streak of five consecutive games without winning and deepen that of Elche, which joins its sixth game without winning.
Granada was tactically much superior and completely handcuffed the local team, which barely had a clear chance to score, and in a set-piece action, throughout the whole meeting.
The Andalusian team went for the game in the first half and in the second, with the score in favor, he knew how to defend himself with trade and without haste despite the fact that Elche never stopped trying.
Diego Martínez’s team wanted to impose their football from the first minute. The Granada team he looked for Elche in their own area, which made it difficult for the Elche group to get the ball out.
The visiting ambition was about to obtain a prize six minutes after a chopped shot by Herrera that Edgar Badía cleared with reflections.
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Elche
Edgar Badía, Barragán, Gonzalo Verdú, Diego González, Josema (Sánchez Miño, min. 46), Josan (Rigoni, min. 72), Marcone, Fidel, Morente, Pere Milla (Raúl Guti, min. 46) and Lucas Boyé
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Granada
Rui Silva; Foulquier, Domingos Duarte, Nehuén, Carlos Neva; Luis Milla, Yangel Herrera, Gonalons (Eteki, min. 88), Machís (Quini, min. 88); Luis Suárez (Antonio Puertas, min. 75) and Soldado (Molina, min. 80)
- goals:
0-1, min. 42: Luis Suarez
- referee:
González Fuertes (Asturian Committee). He showed a yellow card to Josema, Sánchez Miño, Barragán and Diego González for Elche, and to Gonalons and Puertas for Granada.
- incidents:
Match corresponding to the thirteenth day of the Santander League played at the Martínez Valero stadium in Elche behind closed doors. A minute of silence was observed for the death of Vicente Iborra, who played for Elche for eleven seasons and was captain of the Cup runner-up team in 1969
It was difficult for Elche to escape the pressure of his rival, although he finally managed to do so by stretching his possession of the ball and going deep down the wings. Gonzalo Verdú, after several rejections, was about to score, but his shot from inside the area was cleared by Rui Silva.
Shortly after it was Luis Suárez, after a local defensive imbalance, who stroked the goal, but failed overcome to the Elche goalkeeper on his way out.
The forces were balanced with the passing of the minutes and Elche, with Josan and Fidel as more incisive players, had several opportunities to exploit their counterattack, neutralized by the visiting defense.
Suarez, unstoppable
Already in the final stretch of the first half, a personal action per band of Machís broke equality. The Venezuelan overflowed for speed in his band and served the ball to the heart of the area so that Luis Suárez will hook a shot close to the stick.
The Elche coach, Jorge Almiron, shook the bench at the start of the second act with the entry of Raúl Guti and Sánchez Miño to give his team greater ability to handle the ball.
The team from Elche had a bit more control of the ball against a more withdrawn Granada, but their offensive production remained scarce.
However, the first great chance of the second half, and twice, was for Soldado, who failed to splice the ball in two consecutive actions a few meters from the goal line.
Elche took risks behind and Granada began to accumulate counter-attack opportunities in the boots of Soldado, Machís and Luis Suárez.
The team from Elche, with more pride than football, never stopped trying but did not have the ability to finish off a rival perfectly armored that he did not even suffer to defend his rent until the end.
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