State of emergency in Buenos Aires: According to the police in the Argentine capital, around five million fans celebrated the football world champions around superstar Lionel Messi. The parade on an open-topped bus was called off in the face of the followingnoon’s massive crowds, and the world champions switched to helicopters and skimmed over the waiting fans downtown.
President Alberto Fernández had ordered a national holiday for Tuesday so that the country might celebrate the historic victory. The national team first traveled to the capital in an open-top bus from the grounds of the AFA Football Association outside the gates of Buenos Aires. After the bus barely made any headway for several hours, the players exited the vehicle at a sports facility and boarded two water police helicopters. Millions of people cheered the players in the helicopters.
Association President Claudio Tapia raised allegations once morest the security authorities. “They didn’t allow us to greet everyone at the obelisk and the same security forces who escorted us didn’t allow us to proceed. A thousand apologies on behalf of all master players. A shame,” he wrote on Twitter.
Before that, chaotic scenes had taken place in the Argentine capital. Fans flocked to bridges and the city highway, many climbed traffic lights and traffic signs. At around 30 degrees, the fans waited for hours in the blazing sun for the national team to arrive. The subway service was stopped. The airline Aerolíneas Argentinas warned of problems with delayed flights due to the traffic chaos. The cell phone networks were also overloaded at times.
On the bus, Messi sat on a raised platform with four of his teammates, kept drinking from a glass in the bright sunshine and waved to the euphoric fans. The golden World Cup trophy was also presented. The six-time world footballer published a video with scenes from his career on Instagram. “It’s been almost three decades in which the ball has given me a lot of joy and also some sadness. I always had a dream of becoming world champion and I didn’t want to stop trying, even though I knew it might never be would happen,” he wrote.
Earlier, Messi kept his fans updated with pictures on social media. After arriving in Buenos Aires at night and driving past thousands of fans, Argentina’s superstar took a little break. And the newly crowned soccer world champion was not alone in bed – next to him was the golden World Cup trophy. The 35-year-old posted three photos on Instagram, in the first he is “sleeping” in bed, his left hand on the trophy, in the second he smiles at the camera with the trophy and in the third he is with a trophy and a mate- see cup. “Good morning!” Messi captioned the photos, which received more than 28 million likes just three hours following they were published.
In addition, Messi had set a milestone on Instagram. A post by the 35-year-old with photos showing him and the World Cup trophy celebrating following winning the final once morest France on Sunday received more than 56.2 million likes on the social network by Tuesday morning, and the trend was rising. With this, Messi overtook the post from the account “world_record_egg”, which was previously considered the most liked Instagram post. The photo of an egg was posted on January 4, 2019 with the aim of setting a world record. As of Tuesday followingnoon, it had garnered more than 64.7 million likes.
After landing at Ezeiza Airport on Tuesday night, the Argentinian team, which had been on the road for more than 20 hours, first took the bus to the Argentinian association. There, too, thousands of fans had already cheered for their idols. After a short night, Messi & Co. had breakfast before the parade started.
