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Barcelona fans celebrate winning La Liga title in El Clasico
TL;DR
Barcelona fans celebrated their team's La Liga title victory after a 2-0 win over Real Madrid in El Clasico. The triumph marks Barcelona's second consecutive league title, with fans gathering in Plaza Catalunya for the festivities.
Key points
- Barcelona won La Liga title after defeating Real Madrid 2-0
- Fans celebrated in Plaza Catalunya with flags and flares
- This victory marks Barcelona's second consecutive league title
- The match was held at Camp Nou stadium
- An open bus parade is planned for the players and fans
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Barcelona, Spain — Draped in club flags and with their faces painted blue and maroon, Barcelona fan Max Dour and his father Nico joined thousands of others celebrating their team’s crowning as La Liga champions under the glow of flares lighting up the night sky at the famous Plaza Catalunya in the Catalan capital.
Playing at home, the football giants sealed their second consecutive Spanish league title with a 2-0 win over bitter rivals Real Madrid in a highly-anticipated El Clasico on Sunday.
The league triumph was made all the sweeter by a lacklustre performance from Madrid and the tens of thousands of cules – as Barcelona supporters are known – packed inside the Camp Nou stadium.
The iconic venue carried an air of anticipation for what fans believed was an inevitable victory. They chanted “Campeones, campeones (champions, champions)” throughout the match and well past the referee’s full-time whistle.
Come Monday afternoon, Barca fans will once again pack the city streets when the players join their celebrations with an open bus parade through the streets.
“I promised my son if we won La Liga, then we would go to the Canaletas [fountain] to celebrate, so here we are,” said Dour, a businessman who is a Barca season ticket holder, like his 14-year-old son. “How better could you end the season and win La Liga?”
The Canaletas fountain at one end of Las Ramblas, Barcelona’s famous thoroughfare, is where fans traditionally gather to celebrate victories, but it was closed off for works on Sunday.
It is part of Barcelona folklore.
During the 1930s, the main sporting Barcelona newspaper, Las Ramblas, would record the team’s results here on a blackboard if they were playing away. The blackboard has long gone, as has the newspaper, but the tradition of celebrating victories there remains.
Dour, 50, praised the team’s consistency throughout the season and credited that quality for their title win.
“Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid only seemed to play for certain games,” he said.
Such was the pull of the derby – and the chance to see Barca crowned champions – that fans travelled from across the world.
Vance Sterling flew in from Missouri in the United States just for this match, after saving up for the $2,000 match tickets.
With the azulgrana (blue and maroon) colours painted on his cheeks, Sterling, 33, said: “It has been worth the journey. This has been a marvellous experience. Winning La Liga by beating Real Madrid in this stadium – how could you beat it?”
Q&A
What was the score of the El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid?
Barcelona won the El Clasico match against Real Madrid with a score of 2-0.
How many consecutive La Liga titles has Barcelona won?
Barcelona has won two consecutive La Liga titles.
Where did Barcelona fans celebrate their La Liga victory?
Barcelona fans celebrated their La Liga victory at Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona.
What events are planned for Barcelona fans after winning La Liga?
Barcelona fans will participate in an open bus parade through the city streets to celebrate the team's victory.
