Chelsea fans celebrate the impending death of the European Super League like they won another championship

• 12 powerhouse European soccer clubs announced plans for a European Super League on Sunday.
• Two days later, four founding clubs backed out due to intense backlash around the soccer world.
• Chelsea fans celebrated the collapse of the new league with chants outside their team's stadium.

The European Super League is a bust, and Chelsea fans are already singing in the streets.

Less than 48 hours after many of Europe's top soccer clubs announced intentions to break tradition and form an exclusive league of their own, the dream of the European Super League appears to be dead. Of the 12 founding members, four - Premier League's Chelsea and Manchester City as well as La Liga's Atlético Madrid and Barcelona - have decided to reverse course and pull out of the recently-announced mega-league.

Chelsea and Manchester City were the first teams reported to have plans of withdrawing from the European Super League, according to The Athletic and The Telegraph. And the news came amidst fierce protests from Chelsea faithful stationed outside their team's home stadium of Stamford Bridge in London, prompting fans to celebrate as if the Blues had just scored a goal.

-Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) April 20, 2021

-Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) April 20, 2021

Then, as news of the European Super League's collapse continued to break, the objectors-turned-partiers delivered a celebratory message to the rest of the soccer world: "We saved football!"

-Riyad.dilhan (@RiyadDilhan) April 20, 2021