World Cup 2022: Argentina celebrates bus parade in Buenos Aires amid jubilant scenes

Editor December 20, 2022

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Argentina’s footballers have won the World Cup for the first time since 1986

Argentina’s world champion received an emotional reception from thousands who lined the streets of Buenos Aires as Lionel Messi led ecstatic celebrations in an open-top bus parade.

The side displayed the trophy they won by beating France in Sunday’s final as they began an eight-hour drive through the capital.

The Argentine government declared a national holiday on Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands gathered at Buenos Aires’ famous obelisk monument.

As the majority of the cheering fans wear the national team’s blue and white, it’s a sea of color in the Plaza de la República – the public square where the obelisk stands – as they head towards the spot where the parade is set to take place Crew wait Done.

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines gathered in the Plaza de la República in Buenos Aires on Tuesday afternoon

Banners of captain Messi and the late Diego Maradona – another legendary Argentine player considered one of the greatest players of all time – were held up while other fans played instruments or climbed lampposts.

After returning home from Qatar in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the players left the Argentine Football Association (AFA) training complex at 11:45 a.m. local time (14:45 GMT) and made the 20-mile journey to central Buenos Aires .

Hundreds of fans lined the streets – many riding scooters and running after buses on a highway – as the parade made its way to Plaza de la República.

Watch: The moment a InNewCL correspondent was surrounded by cheering fans in Buenos Aires

“It’s crazy, it’s incredible, it’s the best thing that can happen in life,” said Matias Gomez, 25, a metal worker.

“It’s a tremendous joy to see all these happy people, all together, with each other, holding hands, hugging, kissing. We are all one today.”

Paris St-Germain striker Messi, who captained the team and cemented his place for many as the greatest footballer of all time by winning the world title, sat amidst a group of the squad on the top deck.

Earlier Tuesday, he posted on Instagram waking up next to the trophy.

Argentina have been in party mode since Sunday’s dramatic penalty shootout victory over France in Qatar, which gave the country their first World Cup win since Maradona lifted the trophy 36 years ago.

Messi, 35, has finally achieved his World Cup dream as La Albiceleste lifted their third crown in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history.

Players danced and sang on the roof of the bus as it moved through the cityFans climbed onto a bus stop in Buenos Aires’ Plaza de la República while awaiting the team’s scheduled arrivalThe celebrations were accompanied by people playing musical instruments and encouraging others to danceAlmost everyone at the parade wore Argentine blue and white

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