Cazorla writes fairy tales at the age of 40

After losing 0-1 in the first leg, Real Oviedo continued to face difficulties when Mirandes opened the scoring right at home. At this time, the aggregate score was 2-0, Oviedo was at risk of missing out on the second consecutive promotion ticket.

In a difficult moment, Santi Cazorla spoke up with an important goal at the end of the first half, thereby opening the way for Oviedo's spectacular comeback at home at Nuevo Carlos Tartiere. In the 52nd and 103rd minutes, Ilyas Chaira and Francisco Portillo scored to help the home team win 3-1 and end the two matches with a total score of 3-2.

After the final whistle, thousands of fans flooded the pitch to celebrate their promotion to La Liga. This is the first time since the 2000/01 season that Oviedo has been in Spain's top flight.

Cazorla helps Oviedo get promoted.

With Cazorla, he wrote a fairy tale in modern football. After many years of struggling in the lower leagues, Oviedo was not in a very good financial situation. However, Cazorla still gave up his salary of 2 million euros per year in Qatar to return to save his boyhood club with a symbolic income of only 77,000 euros per season.

Cazorla even gave the club full rights to exploit his image, and agreed to share an additional 10% of his shirt sales revenue to invest in Oviedo's youth training.

In 2012, the former Arsenal star invested money in buying shares in Oviedo, to avoid the club falling into bankruptcy. At that time, Oviedo had dropped to the Fourth Division.

In the 2023/24 season, Cazorla played 24 matches and helped Oviedo reach the La Liga promotion play-off final. However, the Nuevo Carlos Tartiere team fell to Espanyol. Just a year later, Cazorla was once again in the promotion final. This time, the Spanish veteran shone to help Oviedo fulfill their dream of returning to top-flight football after more than two decades of waiting.

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