Santiago Arias returned to play an official match after 11 months when in October of last year he fractured his fibula and had several important injuries to the ankle of his left leg. This injury suffered with the Colombian National Team damaged his adventure in German football where he could barely play 90 minutes with Bayer Leverkusen. Now he feels like a footballer again in Granada in Spain, team to which he came on loan from Atlético de Madrid.
This Monday was headline and completed the entire match in the 1-2 defeat against Betis. Beyond the negative result, one of the satisfactions for coach Robert Moreno was seeing Arias on the field. He considers that he had an acceptable performance in his first official minutes and that with the passing of the matches he will recover his level. He sees it as key to his sports project.
“Arias … is incredible after the injury that happened And that he returns to play 90 minutes at the level he has played is a joy. I think he will be able to help us a lot this year, “Moreno said at the post-match press conference in Los Cármenes.
Santi Arias had some problems in defense, they beat him back, especially in the second half. In the offensive part he contributed and reached the bottom line to look for centers and pass backwards. He is expected to start again next Monday when he visits Barcelona.
Granada is seventeenth in LaLiga with 2 points, achieved in draws against Villarreal and Valencia on the first and second dates.
