"First there was applause and then they started singing, the sound coming from the narrow street outside. In the bars and terraces where Real Oviedo's fans were still picking over the game in La Patatina, La Pepica, La Competencia and the rest some put down their drinks and came to see what was going on. Somewhere among all the people filling Calle Juan Ramon Jimenez,"
"Santi Cazorla signed autographs, took pictures and shook a hundred hands, going from the crowds of kids to the little old lady as his son Enzo, who can play a bit too, kicked a Coke bottle across the square it opens on to. On Plaza Pedro Minor they have seen him many a day but this wasn't any day and they couldn't love him more."
"The son of an ambulance driver from Fonciello, 15 minutes away, Cazorla is something like their son too: an Oviedo fan who joined at eight and finally made his debut 32 years later. Forced to leave at 18, door closing just as it might have opened and his club collapsing into crisis, twice on the verge of disappearing entirely, he returned a man two decades on."
Applause and singing spilled into narrow streets as fans gathered in bars and on terraces like La Patatina, La Pepica and La Competencia. Santi Cazorla signed autographs, took pictures and shook hands while his son Enzo kicked a Coke bottle across the square. The son of an ambulance driver from Fonciello joined Oviedo at eight, made his debut 32 years later and returned after leaving at 18 amid the club's collapse. He helped take Oviedo back to the first division after a quarter-century and, at 41, played a leading role in a match the manager likened to the World Cup final, a 1-0 victory over Girona.
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