The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Mexico was rocked by a wave of emotion Sunday as the national soccer team battled to a deserved 1-0 triumph in their opening World Cup group game against holders Germany.
On Monday, April 25, a sextet of soccer fanatics from Durango, who had spent the last four years mindfully saving every penny they earned, bundled themselves and a medium-sized school bus decorated in imitable Mexican style aboard a ship in Altamira, Tamaulipas, arriving in Germany via the Baltic Sea a month later.
Around 30,000 Mexican soccer fans are expected to make the long, arduous – and expensive – journey to Russia over the next few weeks to see their national men’s team participate in the World Cup, the most watched international sporting event after the Olympic Games.
Soccer fans will be glued to their televisions as the World Cup unfolds in Russia over the next month.
Local soccer star Rafa Marquez could become the first player in history to captain a nation at five World Cup tournaments, as long as he is selected for Mexico’s final 23-man squad for Russia 2018.
The United States, Mexico and Canada will jointly host the world’s most prestigious soccer tournament in eight years’ time, after soccer governing body FIFA voted in favor of the tripartite World Cup bid Wednesday.
There’s one foreigner living in Guadalajara who won’t need to pay for meals in local restaurants over the summer.
The July 1 elections in Mexico may be the most significant happening of the summer, but for pure emotion, many denizens will switch their attentions to a sporting event unfolding 6,700 miles to the east.
Thousands of soccer fans celebrated wildly Wednesday evening as the Guadalajara Chivas won the CONCACAF Champions League, defeating Toronto FC 4-2 in a penalty kick thriller.
