This picture commemorates Cartaginés´ fabulous 2-0 victory over Brujas 24.02.2007. After watching the game at honorable stadium Fello Meza, a chicken burrito was consumed at the pride of Costa Rican cuisine; Taco Bell.
Here we met midfielder Armando Alonso (# 13), born 21/3/1984, 1.80 tall, weight: 73 kg, one assist against Brujas. He signed my Cartago flag and let himself be portrayed with me and el Panda, who is also a Cartago fanatic, as is every decent person in this universe.
Cartaginés last won the national championship in 1940.
Apparently, promises had been made to La Virgencita, national patron, beforehand that in case of victory, she would receive visits and massive gratitude at la Basilica de la virgen de los angeles, built in her honour. The first basilica was constructed in the 1680s, and then destroyed by earthquakes and reconstructed several times since then. The one attracting ca. one million pilgrims on august 2 every year these days was finished in 1930.
Anyway, the people of Cartago forgot their promise to La Virgencita, and noone turned up to thank her except some drunk farmers and their horses, turning la Basilica into a rodeo. Of course, one should not expect a 305-years old virgin to be anything but extremely bitter and unforgiving, and the virgin´s answer to these atrocities was to cast a spell on the football-club. And that´s why Cartago hasn´t won a championship since 1940.
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