“I need players who are hungry, passionate and who can’t relax.”

Granada started early on Monday morning with a medical for the first-team players and some of the reserves. The same ones Abascal has already tasked with preparing a season for which he has no expectations. “Our results will depend on the growth of our club. Both from the coaching staff and from the players. I want them to be hungry, not to relax. “Let them feel our passion to improve every day,” he said.

Abascal has shown clear ideas despite his debut in Spanish professional football. After his experience abroad, the coach from Seville arrives at Granada without any particular demands in terms of personnel. “I don’t believe in long or short templates. This motivates me to work and improve every day with what I have. The players involved in the project must be dedicated to their work. “Let them go out and give everything for this shirt and for the Granada project,” he said.

As for the style of play he wants to instill in Nasrid’s team, the coach is not marrying anyone. He was open to adapting to his players. Both their strengths and weaknesses. “As a coaching staff, we are not limited to any specific idea. We like to dominate at all stages of the game. Get as close to the opponent’s zone as possible and play on the opposite field if possible. “Everything will depend on the players,” Abascal specified.

Inexperience

The stay in Granada will be the Sevillan’s debut in the second category of national football. A first experience that does not add any pressure. Not the fact of joining a recently relegated team that will a priori fight for the top positions. “Expectations mean nothing. It is the work that determines the level you are at. The second is a very demanding department. The coaching staff will try to help the players and Granada grow, but we cannot focus on precise results in advance. We must be competitive with what we have. The second is long, hard and sometimes unsuccessful, but it also allows you to do great things in the long term. You must only think about the present,” the coach said.

During the presentation of the season ticket campaign, CEO Alfredo García Amado said he felt disappointed in the fans after losing the category. A situation that the new coach hopes to turn around. “I have been coming to Granada for many years to watch football. I know the club and its people. I want the fans to be excited again, so that every time they come to see us, they applaud from the stands. To believe again, you need arguments. Passion and personality,” he added. A philosophy that in some respects resembles that of another much-loved coach, Los Cármenes.

“I have the good fortune of knowing Diego Martinez personally. I have seen the work of his staff and I know that he has succeeded here. If we have to follow the same path, welcome,” he said. Abascal comes to Granada after a long stay outside Spain. In this way, he is getting closer to his home and his people. The same people who did not leave him alone in their speech. In the press room of the Nasrid stadium, his wife and son, who is just over a year old, were present. A great opportunity to return. “It is not easy to return when you are not at home. Matteo Tognozzi’s trust and vision in the project have played a key role. And also the city where you live and eat very well. The team has great potential. Great things can be achieved,” he concluded.

Technical staff

Along with Abascal, the coaching staff has been expanded by three new employees. They are assistants Carlos Maria Moreno and José Miguel Marcos Costoso. Also Fernando Perez Lopez, the new physical training coach. “These are people I have been working with for the last eight years. “They will come to help me and Granada,” the coach said. They will be joined by José Zambade, the goalkeeper coach, who was already with the team last season.