It sounds at least strange to get angry at someone who wins in a straight fight for the first professional title in their history. But it happens… apparently.
The coronation of Atlético Bucaramanga for the first time in 75 years of history was a reason to be happy, to celebrate until dawn, as happened in the ‘beautiful city’, and to cry with happiness.
All the fans of the leopard team and of course the players who achieved the feat understood it this way, without knowing that they probably hurt people’s sensibilities.
As was learned after the trophy presentation ceremony, the president of Santa Fe, the team that lost the penalty shootout in El Campín, did not react very well to the defeat.
Celebrating prohibited?
This was revealed by Fabián Sambueza, a key man in Rafael Dudamel’s team, who has a past as a ‘cardinal’.
“I ran into the president of Santa Fe, he got angry because I celebrated with the people of Bucaramanga. I have nothing against the people of Santa Fe, it is a club that I tried to give my best, the people don’t love me, no “I know why. I want to publicly apologize to him, to the people and also thank all the people from Bucaramanga who came and who are very happy,” the footballer said on ESPN.
Explaining what really shouldn’t be, the Argentine added: “This team had never been champion in 75 years, if you don’t celebrate it it’s because you don’t have blood. When I was here I gave my best but we missed the final with America, then we were close to achieving this by taking it to penalties. We are enjoying it and today I defend another shirt.”
fruit of sacrifice
And Fabián Sambueza, who won three titles with Junior, two Leagues and a Super League, while he was also a finalist with Cali and Santa Fe, knows well what it is like to be crowned in a modest team.
“It’s unique. It is not the same when you arrive at a big club like Santa Fe, Junior, Cali, they are clubs that prepare for this, to fight, to reach the finals. We, with a lot of effort, put together a group, cohesion from the first day. We are happy because we felt that this was the moment and we could not let it pass,” he concluded.
And although he was one of the powerful in the League, he is a worker for a club that owes himself to the institution that recovered him, that gave him greatness again and gave him a very prominent place in the FPC. The really strange thing is having to explain that in football.
