📸 Age is just a number, Santi Cazorla, 40 years old and what a screamer | OneFootball

The years don’t pass in vain for anyone. And even less so in football. But those who have quality will keep it even after they retire. Just ask Santi Cazorla. The Magician has been back at Real Oviedo for two seasons now, with the goal of bringing them back to the elite. And today he proved that, at 40 years old, he’s still showing flashes of his quality.

The Asturians were losing at home at halftime in the second leg of the promotion playoff against UD Almería. After the break, Veljko Paunovic brought Santi Cazorla onto the pitch. With a direct free kick from the edge of the box, the most anticipated moment arrived. Santi Cazorla took the free kick. And he showed that football is played with your head.

A crisp free kick, right at the base of the post, taking advantage of the gap left by the wall. A shot that the UD Almería goalkeeper could do nothing about. A goal that continues to prove that Cazorla will have quality in his feet until the day he retires—and beyond.

A goal that has made him the oldest player ever to score in a LaLiga promotion playoff tie. Eternal.

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