Real Oviedo becomes the first team to be relegated to the Second Division after the draw between Rayo Vallecano and Girona in Vallecas. The Asturian team is the last in the First Division with 29 points and has no mathematical options left. The adventure of the Asturian team in its return to the First Division has lasted 35 days, with only six wins in a season where the Asturian club has had three coaches: Veljko Paunovic, Luis Carrión and Guillermo Almada. The goalless draw on Sunday against Getafe at the Carlos Tartiere stadium meant that Oviedo would lose the category if Girona scored on Monday at the Vallecas Stadium. A goal from Uruguayan Cristhian Stuani in the 90th minute gave the Catalan team a draw in Madrid and condemned the Asturian team. Oviedo has 29 points in 35 games with only six wins, 11 draws and 18 losses. It is relegated after one year in the top category. The year of Real Oviedo has been very convulsive in terms of sports, with the blue fans criticizing the management of the Grupo Pachuca, the Mexican conglomerate that presides over Jesús Martínez. In October, after only eight days and with the team still out of relegation after winning two games and losing six, Real Oviedo decided to dismiss Veljko Paunovic, the coach who a few months earlier managed to return the carbayón team to the First Division after 24 years out of the elite. The decision was already controversial and criticized by certain sectors, something that was multiplied when the return of Luis Carrión was announced, a coach who did well in Oviedo in the 2023/2024 season, but who did not have the support of a large part of the fans due to how his departure developed that summer towards Las Palmas. The stage of Carrión ended up sinking Real Oviedo in the classification, since after falling in its debut against Espanyol on matchday 9, the blues have not returned to leave the relegation places. Already with Guillermo Almada at the helm, hired after paying Valladolid when the pucelanos were tenth in the Second Division, Real Oviedo improved in competitiveness and football arguments, but only managed to win four more games - three at the Tartiere and one at Balaídos - and this improvement was not enough to achieve the goal of permanence. Now, the objective of the Grupo Pachuca at the helm of Real Oviedo is to restore the illusion to a fan base that started the course and finished the previous one with its team, surpassing the record for subscribers of any football club in the Principality of Asturias and which has now shown several times, during games and outside the stadium, its discontent with the team's management. Real Oviedo must rethink its strategy for the next season and find a way to restore the illusion to its fans. The season has been difficult, but the team must learn from its mistakes and find a way to improve. The blue fans expect the team to be able to return to being competitive and fight for permanence in the next season. Real Oviedo has a long way to go, but with the help of its fans and good planning, it can return to being a competitive team in the top category.
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Real Oviedo Relegated to Second Division After Girona Draw
Real Oviedo relegated to Second Division after Girona's draw with Rayo Vallecano. The Asturian team has 29 points in 35 games with only six wins
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