The Argentine soccer team, which this Sunday was proclaimed world champion in Qatar after beating France in the final on penalties, is already at home, where it has been received by a multitude of fans.
At 2:23 a.m. –6:23 a.m. Spanish time– this Tuesday, Aerolíneas Argentinas flight AR1915 that was carrying the delegation, with the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio Tapia, and the Albiceleste coach, Lionel Scaloni , in front, has landed at the Ezeiza International Airport, in the province of Buenos Aires. The first to get off the plane, with the cup in his hands, was the leader and captain of the team, Leo Messi.
Around the AFA sports venue, also in Ezeiza, near the aerodrome, tens of thousands of supporters have gathered to wait for the arrival of the bus in which the players will enter the venue to spend the night before the celebrations continue.
La Albiceleste will star this noon, local time, in a caravan that will unite Ezeiza with the Obelisk, in the heart of Buenos Aires and the epicenter of the festivities in the South American country.
The Government of Argentina decreed that this Tuesday is a labor holiday to receive the Argentine soccer team. The measure was arranged before the flood of people expected in Buenos Aires to receive La Scaloneta.
This Sunday, the entire Argentine population exploded with joy after their team beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after drawing 3-3 in regulation time.
At that time, thousands of fans poured their happiness into the streets until the wee hours of the morning. Flags, songs, dances and howls of satisfaction flooded the entire territory as a celebration for the feat carried out by the Scaloneta in Qatar, adding their third title, after those achieved in 1978 as hosts and in 1986 in Mexico.
