With a second-half goal from Uruguayan forward Jonathan Rodríguez, Cruz Azul won the Mexican league championship — its first title in 24 years. AdvertisementIts origins, according to lore, date to a league final held in 1997, which paired Cruz Azul against Club Leon. “Do we need to declassify UFO videos to understand this?”AdvertisementKrauze’s first memory is the Cruz Azul game his father took him to in 1979. “If Cruz Azul could do it, we can remove the curse of the 4T,” Fox tweeted. AdvertisementAs the sweating, smiling players accepted their trophies, Felipe Romero, a 47-year-old architect, called his father, who had taken him to his first Cruz Azul game years earlier.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 01, 2021 00:22 UTC