We are family here. That's why we play with passion, with love - because we feel that jersey, we feel our country in front of us. That's why this is a lot for us as players, as people, as human beings and as Venezuelans. Now we are the champions. Nobody believed in Venezuela, but now we've won the championship.
There were incredible scenes in the Swedish top flight on Monday as Mjällby AIF, plucky upstarts and heroes of the Allsvenskan season, beat heavyweights IFK Göteborg to clinch the most unlikely of league titles. The vital 2-0 victory sparked jubilant celebrations on the pitch, as the result cementing an unassailable 11-point lead for Mjällby at the top of the table with three fixtures of the campaign remaining.
I kind of anticipated it. I made a solid effort not to look at the betting numbers or anything in the lead-up to the fight, but when I first got given the opponent's name and I looked, it was 11-0. I was like, okay, chances are people are going to assume that this guy is going to win,