And 14 years later, Cádiz explodes with joy again. Finally, the city team returns to the First Division. Now all those tears shed by the cadists for so many years begin to make sense. That cruel descent into hell of the Second B in Alicante in the 2007-08 season, and the new blow two years later, with six agonizing seasons in the bronze category. This Sunday the deferred dream came true, because the team returns thanks to a defeat by Zaragoza a day after the yellow jab against Fuenlabrada.
The city is celebrating, but this time in its own way, that COVID-19 is still with us. So, after the jug of cold water that meant for the cadists not being able to ascend on Saturday due to the stumbling in front of Fuenlabrada, it was good to ascend on Sunday. The cadists, determined to share the nerves accompanied by family and friends, They returned to cover their yellow shirts and lived with intensity the duel between Zaragoza and Oviedo in the bars of the city. If the Aragonese tied or lost, Cádiz would be the elite team in Spanish football. And so it was, after the stumbling block of the Zaragoza group (2-4), madness and cries of emotion were unleashed. Even so, the president of Cádiz, Manuel Vizcaíno, assured that, at the moment, there will be no official celebration for the coronavirus, and confirmed in Cope that he has already signed his first signing for next season: Álvaro Negredo.
The things of football, Oviedo, which frustrated the direct promotion to Second to Cádiz in the 2014/15 season has been what has now facilitated it.
So much suffering was suddenly rewarded. And it is well known that the cadista fan suffers more than he enjoys, but he knows how to live the good times so intensely, that it compensates them to continue participating in this blessed passion that football generates in the Little Silver Cup.
There are many names that will remain in the history of the club, starting with the president, Manuel Vizcaíno, and the coach, Álvaro Cervera, who will be remembered in Cádiz for the affectionate nickname ‘el Gafa’ and, also, for being the Simeone of Cádiz. He arrived at the end of the 2015/16 season to achieve promotion to Second after six years in the well, and now, after four campaigns in the silver category, in which he has always left the team well positioned (he even qualified for the promotion promotion in 2016/17), has touched the sky with Cádiz. It was renewed when the competition resumed until 2024.
July 12, 2020 is already marked in the history of the club, which has put the icing on the most regular campaign in its history, remaining leader almost all season. Cádiz dyed yellow to celebrate that the Submarine has fulfilled the dream of all those madmen that, as his unofficial hymn says, “fill every corner with hope every step of my Carranza”.