Why do Real Sociedad fans celebrate goals by jumping and hugging with their backs to the pitch?

Why do Real Sociedad fans celebrate goals by jumping and hugging with their backs to the pitch? That’s the question more than one asks after every goal scored by the Spanish team. And the fans of the San Sebastian team have a special way of celebrating their team’s goals.

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Why do Real Sociedad fans celebrate goals by jumping and hugging with their backs to the pitch?

Celebrating Real Sociedad’s goals has become a ritual. The ceremony begins with the fans standing with their backs to the field, with their arms on the shoulders of their teammates, and with small jumps they sing ‘Lo lo lo lo, lo lo lo, lo looo; lo lo lo lo, lo lo lo, lo looo…’. They do it until the verse ends. The second, with the same lyrics and music, is sung while looking at the landscape.

In theory, the melody of that song was inspired by “Moliendo café”, composed in 1958 by the Venezuelan musician José Manzo Perroni and performed by his cousin Hugo Blanco Manzo. In practice, the melodies are not very similar.

To know the origins of “Dale Cavese” you must travel to Cava de’ Tirreni, a small town in southern Italy, belonging to the Campania region. Cavese 1919, a modest team from the Italian fourth division, plays there.

The story is really beautiful and was told by Eduardo Valencia on “txuriurdinak.com” in May 2023. According to what he says, the year of his promotion to Serie C1 (2005-2006), in the center of the defense of Cavese 1919 A player was placed to connect the field to the stands. A sympathy that eventually culminated in a love affair with the young Catello Mari, who dedicated the goals to the Curva Sud of the Stadio Simonetta Lamberti.

After beating Sassuolo 2-1, Cavese were promoted. Everyone continued the party that night, but Catello Mari preferred to go home because he was so tired. However, Catello never came home. A traffic accident unfortunately ended his life and his promising career. The streets of Cava de’ Tirreni changed biancoblu for the black

The city remained in mourning for several days and said goodbye to its idol as he deserved. As a tribute the tiffosi de la Cavese decided to rename the Curva Sud as Curva Catello Mari and adapted Hugo Blanco’s song, “Moliendo café”, in memory of Catello.

They called the song ‘Dale Cavese’ and thanks to a video, which went viral, of their fans all jumping together, the Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Cavese 1919 became known all over the world, causing many fans, including the Real Sociedad fans, to grind coffee to the rhythm of Catello Mari’s baton.

One day, after the renovation of the stadium, the ‘Dale Cavese’ arrived at the Reale Arena. Part of the Aitor Zabaleta crowd started jumping with their backs to the pitch after Real scored a goal. Little by little, the ritual spread throughout the area and was already adopted by all fans.