Mexican soccer club Cruz Azul was long thought to be so cursed that its very name became slang for 'choke.' But on Sunday, it won it all.
There was once a sports team so cursed that its very name became slang for “choke.”
Then on Sunday, after decades of disgrace, the unthinkable happened. With a second-half goal from Uruguayan forward Jonathan Rodríguez, Cruz Azul won the Mexican league championship — its first title in 24 years.Fireworks boomed in Mexico City. Caravans of cars filled the streets, horns blaring. Fans draped in blue mobbed the iconic Angel of Independence monument, and videos circulated showing children, grown men and grandmothers in tears.
“They have made us suffer so much,” he said of the team, which he compared to a tempestuous lover. “But here we are.” The score was tied in the final minutes of the second half when Leon’s goalkeeper, Ángel Comizzo, kicked Cruz Azul’s striker, Carlos Hermosillo, in the face. Leon Krauze, a Mexican historian and lead anchor at KMEX, Univision’s station in Los Angeles, said he knows there is no such thing as a curse. But he doesn’t know how else to account for the team’s bad karma.AdvertisementThe rest of his family rooted for America. But Cruz Azul’s prowess and the roar of the crowd converted him for life — setting him up for decades of disappointment.“I sort of saw the love for the team slipping away from my son,” he said of the club’s 2013 title loss.
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