Last time I saw Oviedo they lost 7-1 to Barcelona in April 1989.
But they did manage to keep Gary Lineker off the scoresheet. You’ve got to find small victories somewhere.
There’s been plenty of misery since but this miracle club are back in La Liga after 25 years.
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The boys from the barrio were as old as Jimmy Carter last year.
And in Madrid’s Casa de Vacas (House of Cows) in the glorious Retiro park, the club had a celebratory exhibition.
Well it’s not the trophy room at Real or Barcelona, that’s for sure.
Smash and grab Rayo sneaked past a side with an impeccable European pedigree in a top-drawer statement victory.
The boys from the barrio are beginning to mug established Spanish names – not through a muscular display of bootboy thuggery but with a thoughtful and calm approach.
Superb defence frustrates big names perhaps thinking they’re in for an easy win, and killer goals just at the right time.
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