Alaves earn play-off win to La Liga with dramatic late penalty

MADRID, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Deportivo Alaves clinched the final promotion spot to La Liga in dramatic fashion late on Saturday night to join Granada and Las Palmas in Spain's top-flight next season.

Alaves beat Levante 1-0 away from home in the return leg of the play-off final to earn promotion for the team from the northern city of Vitoria after the first leg had ended 0-0.

Asier Villalibre kept his nerv