MADRID: Granada continued their impressive return to La Liga by beating Osasuna 1-0 at home to provisionally move into second place on Friday.

Centre back Domingos Duarte headed in a free kick by lvaro Vadillo to put Granada ahead in the 38th minute. The powerfully struck ball hit goalkeeper Ruben Martinez before going in.

Osasuna’s best chance to tie came in the second half when Roberto Torres tried to surprise goalkeeper Rui Silva with a strike from near midfield. Silva made a fine save to keep a fifth clean sheet of the campaign.

“We are thrilled, it is very tough in this division to keep a clean sheet,” Silva said.

Granada have won six of nine games since earning promotion from the second division last season.

Osasuna, who also were promoted last season, are in 11th place.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2019