The calm after the storm.
Between the fierce mid-week Copa del Rey
encounter against Espanyol and the return leg that
will act as the aftermath lay yesterday’s match
against Sandoval’s Granada.
The tension was gone, the afternoon 16:00 kick-off
contributing to a sense of sunny calm as opposed to
the aggressive dark of the night. Given space to
breathe, the derbi ‘s frantic tempo gave way to the
low-intensity affair against a team that showed little
willingness to fight.
Luis Enrique, after the team he manages had just
brushed Granada aside like they havethe past 24
times the Andalusians have visited the Camp Nou,
pleaded in the post-match press conference, “During
the next game against Espanyol, I want football to be
the protagonist.”
