Twitter goes wild as Atletico de Kolkata defeat Kerala Blasters on penalties to win the Indian Super League

Atletico de Kolkata became champions of ISL Season 3

Atletico de Kolkata became the first team to ever win the Indian Super League twice after defeating Kerala Blasters 4-3 on penalties. Earlier 120 minutes of football could not separate the two sides as Mohammed Rafi gave the Blasters the lead, only for Henrique Sereno to equalise for ATK soon after.

Cedric Hengbart and Elhadji Ndoye missed their penalties for Kerala, while Jewel Raja scored the pivotal penalty to win it for Atletico de Kolkata.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Kochi has always had an electric atmosphere in the #HeroISL! #KERvATK #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/zND2lxaaoS
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) December 18, 2016

Henrique Sereno is the boss! #BleedForBengal #KERvATK
— Amartojit Basu (@AmartojitBasu) December 18, 2016

Translation – the slab above says “VIPS and Families going to watch the match for the first time”; the bottom panel says “Ordinary fan who went for all the matches without missing even one, watching on helplessly”. If anyone was wondering why the stadium went quite on occasion, contact Roy Keane and he’ll give you the explanation.

Reality @kbfcfansclub @kbfcfansoff @KBFanOfficial @kbfc_fans @KbfcKerala #KER#KERvATK # pic.twitter.com/nuuVzFgSg2
— AKP (@am_akp) December 18, 2016

And when ATK finally won... Twitter exploded with joy

@IndSuperLeague #ISL
Where 7 other teams compete with each other to play @atletidekolkata in d knockouts to lose d title.#ATK
— Surya Bhai (@ImAbhiM) December 18, 2016

Sitting in the last bench,
Cracking jokes,
Not taking any notes.
Yet a 9 pointer.

That's ATK for you. #ISLChampions
— Bratin Sengupta (@bratinsengupta) December 18, 2016

Mite b in Cricket @sachin_rt ruled bt in football @SGanguly99 u r d master blaster #ISLFinal #ATK
— Pratik Dutta (@_Devil_Pratik) December 18, 2016

Celebrations, crackers, everywhere in Kolkata.!!! #ATK #ISL
— Gautian Sreeja Roy (@Roysreeja8) December 18, 2016

Ab ki baar ISL @atletidekolkata r #ATK #KERvATK #AamarBukeyATK #LetsFootball
Congrats to the entire team ) pic.twitter.com/QuEMslCHTt
— Sabyasachi Banerjee (@MrAmbiDexter) December 18, 2016

#ATK always assemble a competitive squad, no wonder they have a won the #HeroISL twice by now! congratulations @atletidekolkata!!
— football news india (@fni) December 18, 2016

Again champion dance!!!
ATK wins!!!!

Happiness is watching dada celebrate after winning!!!#ISLFINAL #Fatafatifootball#Congratulations
— Subhayan Mitra (@1st_nov) December 18, 2016

#Atk yo... pic.twitter.com/VZ53WmgVnJ
— Arjya Das (@arjya11) December 18, 2016

Even the competitors and officials got in on the act..

Congratulations @atletidekolkata on winning the @IndSuperLeague 2016!
— Delhi Dynamos FC (@DelhiDynamos) December 18, 2016

Congratulations to @atletidekolkata on being crowned the champions of #HeroISl2016!
— Chennaiyin FC (@ChennaiyinFC) December 18, 2016

Congratulations, @atletidekolkata for your second title in the Indian Super League. Great job! pic.twitter.com/ltg3nDEqwo
— Atleti English (@atletienglish) December 18, 2016

Congratulations to Atletico De Kolkata on winning the ISL
— StephenConstantine (@StephenConstan) December 18, 2016

Devastating! @KeralaBlasters went so close! Well done @atletidekolkata , 2016 @IndSuperLeague Champions! #letsFootball
— David James (@jamosfoundation) December 18, 2016

Euphoria of #HeroISL! @atletidekolkata emerging victorious in #ISL2016. Brilliantly played, Congratulations! #KERvATK @IndSuperLeague
— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) December 18, 2016

My littile hero Hamdan and @SandeshJhingan pic.twitter.com/JpeF8DlbIL
— Mohammed RAFI (@_MohammedRAFI) December 7, 2016