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Racing Santander end 14-year wait for LaLiga return after victory against Valladolid

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Racing Santander ensured a return to La Liga next season when they beat Valladolid 4-1 at their Sardinero ground on Saturday.

[p]With two games to play, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/racing-santander/nVpEwOrl/"]Santander[/a], one of the founders of the Spanish league, lead the second division by seven points and are assured of finishing in one of the two automatic promotion places.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dep-la-coruna/Q51ZzMS6/"]Deportivo La Coruna[/a], playing on Monday, could still beat Santander to the title but third-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/almeria/nF2Vy2D0/"]Almeria[/a], who conceded two goals in the last 12 minutes to lose 2-1 at home to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/las-palmas/IyRQC2vM/"]Las Palmas[/a], cannot catch up.[/p][embed guid="7936d8d9-6c9a-486c-9c5a-54bfa7d95c7a" url="https://x.com/theMadridZone/status/2055726921418223710" social-type="twitter" /][p]Santander last played in La Liga in 2011-12, when they finished bottom of the table. They slid into the third tier at the end of the following season.[/p][p]Last season, they finished fifth in Liga 2 but were eliminated in the playoff semi-finals.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/racing-santander-nVpEwOrl/valladolid-zkpajjvm/?mid=AwET9Qf3"]Check out the match summary here[/a][/b].[/p]

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