Granada defender Inigo Lopez is expecting a fired up Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday, ahead of their La Liga clash with champions Real Madrid.
Real wrapped up the league title in mid-week with a 4-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao but Ronaldo, who has 44 league goals, is two behind his Argentine nemesis Lionel Messi in the goalscoring charts with only two matches to play.
Granada are in 15th place and need two points to guarantee their top-flight status, but Lopez, however, understands his team have a tough task on their hands to stop the newly-crowned champions at home this weekend.
It will not be easy but we must try. It is true they have already won the league but they still have several records within record, Lopez told Marca.
Also, Cristiano Ronaldo is eager to score more goals to overtake Messi who is the top scorer (in the league). His hunger could damage us.
It is true that in the last few days they have been celebrating but in the end it is still Real Madrid and they will always come at you. In no event will they just let us win.
The 29-year-old added that Granada still needed to make sure of their top-flight status for next season, despite it seeming inevitable they will stay up.
I ve read in so many places that we are already safe and that s not true. We still need another two points to be mathematically sure so we cannot lose our last two games, he said.
Lopez joined Granada in 2010 from Alcornon and has so far made 53 league appearances for the club.