“For me, just seeing them pass is a lot. If Messi looks into our eyes, into the camera, it’s already good,” Valentín Pino, 19, told AFP at the Obelisk. “After so much suffering, they have already consecrated themselves”, he celebrated with a smile.
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In the center of Buenos Aires, there was a back and forth of fans with the country's flags everywhere. Horns, horns and chants, such as the popular “Muchachos”, Argentina's unofficial anthem at the World Cup.
“I'm going to the Obelisk because Argentina won. I hadn't won in 36 years. I was six years old when he won in 1986. I can't explain it with words, only with emotion,” said Paola Zattera, a 43-year-old civil servant.
Good morning champion
“Good morning”, wrote captain Messi in a post on his social networks with a photo in bed hugging the World Cup, like a child and his favorite toy.
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With the cup in his hand and a huge smile, the Argentine star walked down the stairs of the plane when the delegation disembarked at around 2:40 in the morning and waved to the crowd that was waiting in vigil for the team.
Authorities implemented a security scheme with traffic diversions and police stations to avoid incidents along the route.
Between drums, flags and shirts with Messi's number 10, entire families spent the night looking for the best place to watch their idols pass by, even if only briefly.
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In the center of the capital there are many people who came from other cities, as far away as Bariloche (in Patagonia, to the south), or from Rosario, home of Messi and Ángel Di María, and from the municipalities on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
“The Argentine people love football, and we haven’t won the World Cup for some time. This new generation came with a lot of strength. I was lucky to see (Diego) Maradona play, I was very little when he won the title in 1986. This is a great award for the Argentine people, who deserved it. This team is very united with the Argentine people,” said Luciano Peralta, a 41-year-old merchant from Rosario.
With AFP
