Argentina’s FIFA World Cup-winning superstar has arrived home and been greeted by football-crazy fans befitting a world champion. As expected there was an open bus parade for the champions in the capital Buenos Aires, where Lionel Messi And his teammates accepted the praise from the fans.
Argentina beat defending champions France to win their third World Cup title on Sunday night in what many have described as the best final of all time. The two teams were tied 3–3 after extra time, with Argentina emerging victorious in a penalty shootout. Messi scored two goals for Argentina kilian mbappe Hat-trick for France.
Watch the video of the Argentine players being warmly welcomed home
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After defeating France in Sunday’s thrilling final, the players will now spend the night at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) training complex where they arrived in Buenos Aires with thousands of supporters waiting to welcome them.
They will then head to the iconic obelisk monument for a tour of Buenos Aires city center from Tuesday afternoon, where millions of people are expected to take to the streets on a public holiday.
“We will be here all night and tomorrow as well,” 25-year-old student Ayrton Kerdoukas told AFP outside the airport.
“Tomorrow we are not working, we will do nothing and we will go straight to the obelisk with Argentina.”
Argentina won the final in Qatar 4–2 on penalties after a rollercoaster 3–3 draw in 120 minutes of epic drama to claim their first world title in 36 years.
Messi, who scored twice in the final, was the first player to exit the plane holding the World Cup aloft, with coach Lionel Scaloni right behind him.
beyond Julian AlvarezA revelation in Qatar with his four goals, Arolinas was one of the next players in Argentina’s Airbus A330.
A picture of Messi was printed on the back of the plane, which read: “One team, one country, one dream”.
The players made their way from the plane straight along the red carpet in a white open-top bus with the words “World Champion” on its side and three stars screeching as their World Cup theme song “Muchachos” by ska band La Mosca. Were.
(with AFP inputs)
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