fans celebrate the victory of Argentina

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets to euphorically celebrate on Sunday the emotional victory of the team led by star Lionel Messi, who beat France on penalties after drawing in the final of the soccer World Cup in Qatar 2022.

In an exciting and intense match played at the Lusail Stadium in front of 88,000 fans, Argentina they won 4-2 on penalties after drawing 3-3 with France, the previous champion, during regulation time and won their third World Cup.

“I can’t believe it! It was difficult but we did it, thanks to Messi,” said Santiago, a 13-year-old boy who went with his family to celebrate the victory with a crowd in front of the house that belonged to star Diego Maradona. still idolized by the Argentines, in Buenos Aires.

With flags, hats and light blue and white shirts, the Argentines took over the center and other emblematic places of Buenos Aires in minutes to celebrate. The festivities were reproduced in practically all the cities of the country and even in other countries, such as Mexico.

“It was an incredible game, which suffered a lot. This team made people fall in love like it hadn’t happened in decades. With effort and work, they brought people together,” said Diego Aburgeily, 46, who was celebrating with his team between songs and flags. family and friends in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

The South American team – which lost the final of the tournament against Germany in 2014 – had not won a World Cup since 1986, which has increased the hubbub among Argentines, plagued by a prolonged economic crisis that has pushed more than 40% of the population to poverty.

“It is an immense joy after so much tension,” Nicolás Piry, a 46-year-old lawyer, told Reuters.

“The harmony of the team, standing behind a leader who continues at the level that made him the best in the world, and the conditions of the South American footballers led us to this well-deserved success. Let’s go Argentina!”, he added.

the emblematic Colon Theater from Buenos Aires exhibited a gigantic light blue and white shirt to celebrate, while a series of recitals with songs that the fans sang in the stands of Qatar and in Argentina they encouraged the crowd.

The goals for Argentina were converted by Messi (2) and Ángel Di María, while Kylian Mbappé scored the three goals for France.

Messi, 35, announced that the final against France will be his last game in the World Cup.

Celebrate in Mexico City

Soccer fans also celebrated the triumph of the Argentine National Team in the streets of Mexico City, mainly in the Angel of Independence.

Meanwhile, in the Monument to the Revolution the final match of the World Cup was screened as part of the FIFA Fan Fest.

In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador published a brief message on his social networks to congratulate the Argentine players for being crowned champions in Qatar 2022.

“Argentina: for professionalism, justice and as if by divine mandate,” wrote the Mexican president.

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