The sporting director of Mexican soccer club Guadalajara, better known as the Chivas (the goats), Nestor de la Torre, told press on Friday that his club wants to break the record for the longest soccer game, by playing for 101 hours continuously.

The attempt to break the Guinness record is part of the celebrations marking the club's exit from the Anacleto Macias Tolan soccer field, in Colomos, Guadalajara, capital of the western state of Jalisco. Colomos has been the home of the club for 63 years, but the team will stop playing there before the end of this year, and the club will sell the land. It was also used by the Spanish national team to train for the 1986 World Cup.

Several former Chivas greats will take part in the record attempt. The game is planned to start at noon on Dec. 13, and end on Dec. 17 at 4.00 p.m. and is open to all.

Teams wishing to compete must field 15 to 20 people, and pay a fee of 1,200 Mexican pesos.

On Wednesday, in Mexican soccer's Liguilla, Chivas beat Cruz Azul 2-0 in the first leg of the competition's quarter-final. Chivas will visit the Mexico City team's Estadio Azul in the return leg on Saturday.

Source: Xinhua