Tearful Independiente fans still singing after clubs first ever relegation

A 1-0 loss at home to San Lorenzo sealed Independiente's relegation to the second division for the first time in the club's history. With 16 Primera Division titles (the most recent coming in 2002) and a record seven Copa Libertadores trophies, the demotion is especially painful for Independiente, even if it was three years in the making.

When the final whistle sounded, fans at the Estadio Libertadores de America were already singing through tears, showing their support to the equallydevastatedplayers as they walked off the pitch. Showing that true love doesn't shut up and go home when things go wrong.

Following River Plate's relegation in 2011, Independiente were the only club left to never be relegated from the Argentine Primera Division.