"Playing at home, the football giants sealed their second consecutive Spanish league title with a 2-0 win over bitter rivals Real Madrid in a highly-anticipated El Clasico on Sunday. The league triumph was made all the sweeter by a lacklustre performance from Madrid and the tens of thousands of cules as Barcelona supporters are known packed inside the Camp Nou stadium. The iconic venue carried an air of anticipation for what fans believed was an inevitable victory."
"They chanted Campeones, campeones (champions, champions) throughout the match and well past the referee's full-time whistle. Come Monday afternoon, Barca fans will once again pack the city streets when the players join their celebrations with an open bus parade through the streets. I promised my son if we won La Liga, then we would go to the Canaletas [fountain] to celebrate, so here we are, said Dour, a businessman who is a Barca season ticket holder, like his 14-year-old son."
"The Canaletas fountain at one end of Las Ramblas, Barcelona's famous thoroughfare, is where fans traditionally gather to celebrate victories, but it was closed off for works on Sunday. It is part of Barcelona folklore. During the 1930s, the main sporting Barcelona newspaper, Las Ramblas, would record the team's results here on a blackboard if they were playing away. The blackboard has long gone, as has the newspaper, but the tradition of celebrating victories there remains."
Barcelona’s inner city became a street party after the club won its 29th Spanish league title by beating Real Madrid 2-0 at home in El Clasico. Thousands of supporters gathered around Plaza Catalunya with club flags and painted faces, while flares lit the night sky. Inside Camp Nou, fans packed the stadium and chanted “Campeones” during and after the match. The victory followed a second consecutive league title and was aided by a lacklustre performance from Madrid. On Monday, players were set to join celebrations with an open bus parade through the streets. Canaletas, a traditional victory meeting point, was closed for works, but the Canaletas tradition remained part of local folklore.
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