Carried by his veteran Santi Cazorla, a penalty goalscorer, Real Oviedo validated his climb in Liga thanks to his victory in extension against mirands, in accession dam. A return to the elite 24 years later.
Twenty-four years after leaving it, Real Oviedo will make its return to the Spanish Liga next season, the Spanish Football Championship of the first division, thanks to its victory on Saturday evening in the accession dam against mirands (3-1 after extension).
The historic club of Asturias was relegated in 2001, after thirteen seasons in a row in the elite, wandering later between second, third and fourth divisions.
Cazorla, the shell of the proof
Driven by Serbian Veljko Paunovic, who played for Oviedo during the descent, the club which counts in its ranks the veteran Santi Cazorla, 40 and world champion with Spain in 2010, managed to extricate from the accession dams.
After defeating Almeria, Oviedo overturned an unfavorable situation on Saturday evening since Mirands, a surprise team from the second Spanish division this season, won the first leg (1-0) and opened the scoring on Saturday (16th). But Cazorla equalized on penalty (39th) before he chaira gives the advantage to his family, sending them to extension, where Francisco Portillo scored the goal of the return to the elite (103rd).
