Independiente del Valle has done the unbelievable last night, after defeating Boca Juniors at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires 3-2, a result which sent the team to the Copa Libertadores final - with a double victory over the unbeaten Argentinians after a 2-1 win in the first leg and 5-3 on aggregate.
So who are these no-names, who kicked out Pumas of México, Marcelo Gallardo's River Plate, and Carlos Tevez' Boca? Here are some interesting facts about the club that made South American football go crazy.
Independiente del Valle come from Sangloquí, a small town 40 minutes away from Quito.
They play their home matches at the Estadio Rumiñahui, who has only 7,233 seats. For international clashes the club uses the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, a venue which offers a capacity of 38,500 spectators.
The club was founded in 1958, and its original name was Independiente José Terán,
in honor to its founder, the original colors were Red and White, inspired by Independiente de Avellaneda (Argentina), then South America’s biggest club.
They never won the Ecuadorian Serie A. In their best seasons, they finished 2nd in 2013 and 3rd last season.
The club’s only titles are the Pinchicha Provincial Championship in 2007, and the Serie B in 2009.
Independiente will face Atletico Nacionál de Medellin from Colombia in this year's final. It will be the first time since 1991 that the Libertadores final will not include an Argentinean or Brazilian team. Back then, Independiente were playing amateur leagues football in Ecuador.
Los Rumiñahuenses hold the youngest squad (23 average) in this year's Copa Libertadores.
Their win against Boca yesterday helped the Argentinean Independiente to maintain its record as the club with the most Libertadores won: 7. Boca has 6.
Fans of Emelec and Barcelona, two of Ecuador's mega clubs, were attending Independiente's Libertadores home matches, helping filling the Atahualpa stadium since the group stage of the competition.
This unexpected football success is arriving in difficult times in Ecuador. Indigenous and social movements are protesting against President Rafael Correa’s cynical reforms in favor of the upper classes - after he came to power thanks to the support of the Indigenous communities and poor barrios of Quito, who are populated with a majority of black and indigenous populations.
And what's more bizarre about this story is the fact that in the Libertadores qualifications, the Sangolquileños were one penalty away from elimination, after Guaraní has missed a crucial spot kick in extra time.
So, who are you, Independiente del Valle? They are Ecuador, as the sign of “Todos Somos Ecuador” they hold at the beginning of every home match in their Libertadores ecstatic run. Bravo.