Between songs, screams and fireworks, hundreds of thousands of people marched this Sunday on the main avenue of Buenos Aires to celebrate around Obelisk the world title achieved by Argentina in Qatar. The same thing happened in all the cities of the country.
Once the incredible match was played in the stadium of lusailwhich was determined in a painful penalty shootout that went in favor of Albicelestecountless lines of people began their journey to one of the most symbolic points of the capital.
Most of them are wearing their country’s jersey -almost all have Lionel Messi’s number 10- and the fans are carrying flags, hats, scarves and sound elements.
“I feel very happy. The truth is that we have been waiting for this for a long time, I might die and there will be no World Cup to win, so here, we are putting up with Argentina, crazy. !” Bernardo, one of the many fans who took to the streets to celebrate Argentina’s victory.
“We always deserved to win, the people needed it,” said Eduardo, who could not finish the sentence without hugging his grandson.
Qatar 2022 has been Messi World Cupwho scored two goals in the final against Francefive more in the previous games and took over golden ball as the best football player of the tournament.
More than two hours have passed since the end of the game and walking in the middle of Buenos Aires it became an almost impossible task because of the little space there to advance.
The situation is even worse for those who get there by car, although it seems less important to the fans, who accompany the white and light blue water with horns.
In the background, anyone who goes to the venue can hear all the songs accompanied by the national team last month in the voice of the fans, one of which is the big star:
“Boys / Now we’re excited again / I want to win the third / I want to be World Champion / And Diego / We’ll see him from heaven / With Don Diego and with La Tota / Cheering for Lionel”, continues to be heard . on the streets.
It rang louder than ever after the victory in a match that started sweetly for Argentina and brought the fans to the streets early.
After a 2-0 draw thanks to goals from Messi and Ángel Di María, hundreds of fans poured into the streets at the end of the first half and carried their celebrations for 45 minutes.
However, at the start of the second half they returned to the televisions and the streets were almost empty in just over an hour.
Finally, Gonzalo Montiel’s shot from Argentina’s fourth penalty in a shootout in which France missed two of their shots sparked the frenzy.
“The truth is that the first half was impressive. Argentina played like never before and the second half, when everything happened, the truth is I wanted to die, like the game against the Netherlands,” said Nicolás, previously. praising Messi.
The pilgrimage to the Obelisk is a kind of dress rehearsal for the celebrations expected in the country in the coming days, for which many details are not yet known, but which will undoubtedly drive the fans to extreme happiness.
Both the coach Lionel Scaloni, and several members of the national team, including Messi, have already expressed this Sunday their desire to celebrate this title with the Argentine fans.
Singing, drumming and jumping will occupy for several hours -as they did in the morning- the main streets of the country, where in the midst of a complex socioeconomic situation, the ‘Scaloneta’ fills the homes of Argentina of joy.
Source: La Verdad
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