Granada coach Diego Martinez has welcomed their Champions League quarterfinal draw with Manchester United.

Granada have reached the final eight after victory over United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's former club Molde.

Martinez said, “As we cannot choose a rival, what we can do is prepare to the fullest and enjoy a tie against a European great like Manchester United.

"As we have always done, the objective is to give our best level, try to improve ourselves, be as faithful as possible to our identity, our values and compete without complexes.

"In football, all games have to be played, they have to be competed. Many things can happen in a 180-minute tie plus extras and what I am clear about is that we are ready to face the challenge.

“Being here is already something unique, it has to be a tremendous motivation to all Granada players already to compete without complexes, which is what this Granada has done. Nobody expected that we would have qualified to play in Europe, not even having passed the group stage and here we are. We trust in our possibilities and we are going to make the most of them."