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Argentine world champion. The streets of Buenos Aires, where there were already people from the early hours of this Sunday, were filled with people shouting and honking their car horns for the World Cup final between the selection of Argentina and France.

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The partial victory of the Albiceleste on penalties He made the joy overflow even before the conclusion of the match, when he was 2-0 in his favor.

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The Avenue July 9the widest in the world, where the Obeliskusual meeting point in the celebrations during the Qatar World Cup 2022it was filled with people dressed in T-shirts and flags singing and honking their vuvuzelas and car horns.

The fans lived the goals of their stars in the street, with their mobile phones, or in the bars that are connected to the channels that broadcast the game live.

Argentine fans celebrate the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup between Argentina and France in Buenos Aires. (EFE/ Raúl Martínez). (Raul Martinez/)

Many of them, who did not manage to enter the establishments, watched the game beyond the glass, enjoying the collective atmosphere.

From early in the morning thousands of people walked through the downtown area of ​​Buenos Aires towards the Obeliskwhere fans -including entire families- gathered to sing early in the morning accompanied by a giant flag.

Some of them, with obvious signs of not having slept and having drunk alcohol since early in the morning, were surely continuing the party from the previous day, when ‘banderazos’ were organized in various parts of the capital.

No matter which way you look, everywhere you go there are people wearing a jersey with the number 10 of Lionel Messi. Also with hats or painted faces.

Supermarkets closed at 11:00 a.m. (2:00 p.m. GMT), one before the start of the game, and the public transport of the capital maintains lines cut or diverted from their usual trajectory.

While, In Rosario, Messi’s hometown, at the El Campito club, where the ground where he kicked the ball for the first time is located, his lifelong friends watch the game alone, by cabal.

Previously, they set up a small murga, to the astonishment of tourists on the street where the house where he grew up is, his neighbors to the rhythm of music, car horns, fingernails painted light blue in the midst of a festive but calm atmosphere.

Far from these places many people chose to meet at homes with barbecue in between to encourage a team that advanced to the final after beating Croatia 3-0 in the semifinals with an outstanding performance by Messi and the young Julián Álvarez.

And more than 13,000 kilometers away, the Argentines filled the streets of a Doha that became a blue and white tide and in which a song that also echoes in the streets of Buenos Aires does not stop playing:

“Guys / Now we are excited again / I want to win the third / I want to be world champion / And Diego / From heaven we can see him / with Don Diego and with La Tota / Cheering on Lionel.”

Source: Elcomercio