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Off-the-radar: Manolo Lucena, Granada's match delegate

In light of Barcelona's upcoming fixture against Granada, this is a story about a former captain of Granada.
This is a story about Granada's match delegate.

As the 2012-13 season came to an end, there were emotional goodbyes - Eric Abidal, Andrés Palop, Manuel Pellegrini, and Juan Carlos Valerón.

But one goodbye went under-the-radar, and that was Granada's captain and center-back Manolo Lucena, who had played for the club in all four levels of Spanish football - the Tercera, Segunda B, Segunda and La Liga.

Manuel 'Manolo' Lucena was born in Granada, and after a year at Imperio Albolote, he joined Arenas Armilla in 2001.