“…with his hand Leo Messiwe’ll turn all your backsThousands of throats joined the song that was once missed and turned into reality in Qatar. Argentina celebrated winning the World Cup on its home soil. beat Panama 2-0 It was just an anecdote and the possibility that Messi would score his 800th goal. The important thing was the frenzy before the party and the game that only 80,000 people saw at the River Plate stadium. Nearly 1.4 million fans left wanting to buy tickets. The celebration had everything: music, dance, fireworks, Olympic tour with the families of the football players and of course the words of the national team captain and coach Lionel Scaloni.

It was not part of Argentine sporting tradition for players to pick up the microphone and speak to the stadium after a championship was won. This was learned from what happened at the Barcelona consecration. The ritual is now entrenched in this country with the World Cup on its back. “I do not know what to say“, Messi was honest, while the crowd in the stands shouted his name and raised their arms. Leo thanked the attention and remembered that they had promised to do the impossible to achieve this feat before they left for Qatar.

“I’ve always dreamed of this moment“, recognized Messi,”hero without grudge“, as the newspaper ‘La Nación’ describes it. The days of distrust, acid criticism and even contempt of some of the sports commentators are a thing of the past. Even this suspicion or hostility seems to have never existed. It’s all joy and admiration. And Messi enjoys it without forgetting it completely. Therefore, he dedicated the Cup to the teams of which he is a part, one step away from victory, which they lost in Brazil 2014 by a goal against the Germans.” deserves respect and recognition,” he said, and took on Javier Mascherano and Gonzalo Higuain, among others. The fans applauded.

Scaloni could not hold back her tears. Its transition from contempt to admiration is also worth a movie. Almost no one trusted his terms, and he is currently considered a strategist. “La Scaloneta, the prostitute who gave birth to him“, the fans started singing, and the players immediately joined in. The coach said, “It’s priceless to see you like this.” Like his players, he got a copy of the World Cup.

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“I can’t tell you/ Because you won’t understand/ Finals we lost/ How many years I cried for him”. The players took the field with the song ‘Muchachos’ accompanied by an impressive background sound. No fan was spared from saying it. Even the same players did this after the match when the festivities began.

The meeting of the champion team with the Argentines did nothing but prolong the party, where the excitement reached its peak as soon as the match against France was over. Messi was able to see emotionally how much the World Cup had passed through a country. in the midst of a severe economic and social crisis. your name and his name Diego Maradona They were called up throughout the match. No longer as irreconcilable pieces, but as a passionate synthesis symbolized by the three stars stamped on the shirts of the chosen team. Men, women, and children dressed her as a sign of absolute identification on Thursday night.

The players sang the national anthem as if they were playing the final with France again. The star goalkeeper of the national team, Dibu Martínez, let his face steam with tears. And Messi, who was accused of not singing the national song a while ago, opened his throat to show signs of belonging.

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The party did not recover from the previous frenzy. About 400 people came to the stadium and discovered it. The tickets they bought were fake. Scenes of crying children were part of the emotional plot surrounding the match. Dozens of people tried to forcibly enter the stadium and were repelled by the police. Scaloni himself, if it were up to them, they would play a game in each city Thank you so much love. They would travel around the country and repeat the same celebration. But there was only one, and it was the privilege of few to witness it, considering how many Argentines succumbed to watching the celebration on television. Dibu Martínez admitted that he wanted 120 tickets for his entire family. The same was true for other players and leaders.

While the match against Panama was hardly an excuse, it highlighted the weight of global idolatry towards Messi. When the game was over, the Central American players lined up for the best player in the world to sign their jerseys or pose with a smile for a photo.