Hullabaloo in Guadalajara! Atlas celebrates the Liga MX title in the streets with the people [VIDEOS]

December 13, 2021

Photo: Fabricio Atilano / EFE

For: EFE Updated 13 Dec 2021, 22: 24 pm EST

With songs, a mass and a parade, the Atlas and his fans went crazy this Monday the city of Guadalajara (western Mexico) with the celebrations for the title of the Apertura tournament 2021 of Liga MX , second in its history.

The nervousness and despair of thousands of fans during The second leg of the final that lasted this Sunday until the penalty round, turned into euphoria and joy that flooded the streets of the city until the early hours of this Monday.

From the second that Argentine Julio César Furch’s shot crossed the finish line that gave the title to the “Zorros” In a series of penalties, the Jalisco stadium trembled not only with the leaps of the fans, but with thousands of voices that joined in a single cry of joy at what until a few months ago seemed like a dream.

Although the celebration of the team and It was scheduled to take place at the end of the match, the board decided to postpone it for this afternoon and thus allow the players and coaching staff to rest and celebrate with their families.

This Monday thousands of followers of the rojinegro team continued the celebration of the club that for 70 years did not get a league title.

In the club, and next to the trophy of 1951, former players and management left behind waiting and opened from the whiskey bottle that had been stored since 1954 with the legend “to be uncovered until the Atlas team wins a First Division championship”, a bottle that had become a legend among the fans.

The party began with a mass in the cathedral of Guadalajara which was attended by the whole team . Some players left as offerings a ball and a shirt with the red and black colors in addition to placing the league trophy on the altar of the church.

The priests took the opportunity to take a photo with the squad while holding the trophy as if it were a photograph of an official match, while shouting what is now the new war fried “Up the Atlas, champions!”