Cazorla helps Oviedo end 24-year LaLiga absence

Real Oviedo sealed their instrumentality to LaLiga aft 24 years with a 3-2 aggregate triumph implicit Mirandes successful Saturday's promotion playoff.

Oviedo triumphed 3-1 astatine home, overturning a first-leg shortage with goals from Santi Cazorla, Ilyas Chaira and Francisco Portillo. A packed Estadio Carlos Tartiere erupted arsenic fans stormed the transportation astatine the last whistle.

The nine from the Principality of Asturias, successful the northwest of Spain, volition present articulation Levante and Elche successful adjacent season's apical tier, replacing relegated Leganes, Las Palmas and Valladolid.

"There's nary mode to picture what this means to us. These players are heroes, each azygous 1 of them. They merit large recognition," Oviedo manager Veljko Paunovic told LaLiga TV.