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This Sunday when the Expansion League Final between Atlante and Tampico Maderothe Colts have an additional rival: the curse of the Blue Stadium. And it is that no team that has played in that building like a local has been able to win a championship trophy, with the more obvious case being the Cruz Azul and his numerous setbacks.
Football games have been held in the colossus of the Christmas Eve neighborhood since 1947, as despite being inaugurated a year earlier, it was originally occupied for American football games. Atlante, America, Necaxa and Cruz Azul have played home games at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium and no one could be crowned.
The Atlante title was in Monterrey
In season 92-93, Ricardo La Volpe’s Atlante was crowned in Mexican football, but the Olympic returns were given at the Tecnológico de Monterrey stadium, by beating La Pandilla there in the Vuelta game.
Years later, Blue cross has adopted the former Azulgrana Stadium as its home and changed its name to Blue Stadium and play there from 1996 to 2018. The most recent distant title The Machine has received in the Winter 97, but like Atlante in 92-93 they won the title at a foreign yard defeat the lion at the Nou Camp, so the main stadium didn’t see the title.
The Cruzazuleadas in the Blue
The Curse of the Blue Stadium was tightened up when The Machine lost two finalsThose were contested in the property: one against Pachuca in the winter of 1999 and the other against Monterrey in the Apertura 2009.
Atlante, the closest was
He first Atlantic title In the professional era of Mexican football, it was in the Season 1946-1947, when the champions were determined with the team that scored the most points and in that campaign the Colts played at home in this stadium.
The reason this championship does not break the curse is because Atlante had to play against the Fiera in León on the last day of that season, but caused an epidemic by the fever in Guanajuato he had played the game in the Stadium of the Sports City, and although the azulgranas were awarded a goalless draw, they played that match as administrative visitors.