Zaragoza will bid farewell to the third tier of Spanish football after drawing with Las Palmas. The team led by David Navarro was unable to avoid relegation. The Real Zaragoza puts an end to a legendary history with a draw against UD Las Palmas (1-1) that certifies its descent to Primera RFEF, the third tier of Spanish football. The fall of the historic Aragonese club is not explained by a single evening, nor by a single mistake, but by the accumulation of bad results and questionable sports planning. The outcome of everything was intuited from the first matches, and the passage of time has shown the shortcomings of a team that has not been able to take the situation forward. Minutes after the relegation was confirmed, Real Zaragoza issued a statement on social media in which they acknowledge the poor campaign they have led. “The news that we never wanted to lead has become a reality and we must face it with responsibility, self-criticism and honesty. It's hard to choose the words to address you”, the statement begins. They claim that their objective was “to return Real Zaragoza to its rightful place by history and fandom”, but that in that search they have taken “a great step back” and have “failed sports”. In addition, they announce that the Board of Directors of the club is “open to the entry of fans or entrepreneurs from Aragon, with the common goal of helping in the project to return to professional football”. The seventh most laureled team in Spanish football, with six Copa del Rey, one Supercopa de España, one Recopa de Europa and one Copa de Ferias, will bid farewell to the professional categories in the next match, 77 years after their last campaign in the third division, in 1949. The match against UD Las Palmas has been a mere formality for the team led by David Navarro, who since the tough defeat last Sunday against Sporting de Gijón at Ibercaja Stadium (1-3), saw how their chances of achieving the feat were reduced to ashes. Opportunities have not been lacking to turn the situation around. In March, after the change of coach and sports director, the blanquillos added three victories in four matches - one of them against Racing, recently promoted to First Division, and another against Almería, candidate for promotion -. The situation seemed to have changed, with a positive dynamic of results and a calendar that was not too demanding for their rivals direct for permanence. Almost two months after that last victory against the Cantabrian team, nothing has been fulfilled: Real Zaragoza has only added three points (3 draws and 6 defeats). Their results have not been accompanied, but their rivals direct have not been able to distance themselves from relegation. Until the last match, and despite having almost two months without knowing the victory, the maños - together with five other teams - maintained themselves in the fight for salvation. This dynamic has been going on for a long time. In 41 matches, Real Zaragoza has only added 36 points: 8 wins, 12 draws and 21 defeats, and has been in the relegation zone in 39 of them. The current numbers of the blanquillos are not very different from those of the previous season, in which they also maintained themselves in the relegation zone for 37 matches.