Stick, stick, stick, stick, pretty stick, eh, eh, eh, we are champions again”. That was one of the songs that was repeated the most in Antioquia territory between Sunday night and Monday morning, account of the 17th title of Atlético Nacional per league.
The hours of anxiety that were lived in the prelude to the match, which were chained with the tension and nail eating that this match generated, were transformed, at minute 90’+1 of the game, into jubilation.
The fact that the club had gone five years without celebrating a league title, since the most recent he had obtained it on June 18, 2017, when he thrashed Deportivo Cali at the Atanasio Girardot and he did the Olympic lap, he made his happiness greater.
Also, it helped the party to be of great proportions in each municipality of the department of Antioquia, in its capital, in different regions of Colombia and in the Flag Parka site adjacent to the highest sports venue in this city, which served as the epicenter for the celebration with the figures of the Paisa team.
The Champion’s Caravan
After completing the Olympic lap at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, where he certified his victory in the series (4-3), by winning at home (3-1) and losing in Ibagué (2-1), Hernán Darío Herrera and his team went to the Perales airport, from where they took a charter flight with direction José María Córdova, where he arrived around 1:30 am
In the vicinity of the air terminal they were awaited by a multitude of fans, who escorted them in cars adorned with flags to Medellín. The motorcycles, including those in police custody, could not enter the east tunnelfor which the bus was mobilized and they had to go around Las Palmas.
The car, which for most of the route met with fans stationed on either side of the road, entered through 33rd avenue, took the regional one for the depressed, then San Juan, until 73rd, where it went to the Atanasio Girardot sports unit, where a crowd was waiting for him.
They joined the party
The entrance to the place was apotheosis. Rene Higuita led the descent of the bus, after which some fans approached them to take pictures, while crying. This situation was recurrent and at times complicated the work of the media.
In dialogue with the press, Danovis Bangero regretted that he had not been able to talk to his family after winning the title because they took him for the anti-doping test and then his cell phone was discharged, while Alexander Mejia, proud for one more title with the green, he also gave credit to Alexander Restrepowho directed the team the first nine games of the League.
Dorlan Pabón put aside the shyness he shows when he has a microphone in front of him, he acted as entertainer and one by one he called his companions to speak on stage. Behind, Giovanni Moreno encouraged songs of praise towards the other players and the coach.
Thus, between flashes, laughter and songs, playerscoaching staff, managers and fans extended the party until approximately 4:00 am on Monday, which fortunately for the purslane, was a holiday.
