A crowd gathered this Tuesday afternoon at the Obelisk Buenos Aires to celebrate the pass of the selection to the final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022while thousands of people vibrated in different public spaces where they were able to follow through giant screens the alternatives of the party in which those led by lionel scaloni they prevailed 3-0 against the Croatian team.
Mounted on the fences that the Government of Buenos Aires arranged in front of the Obelisk, the fans began to celebrate the victory before the end of the match with bass drums, drums and the song already made into an anthem by the Argentine fans in this tournament and in which everyone climbed to the refrain of “boys, now we are excited again, I want to win the third, I want to be world champion”.
The concentration of fans caused a traffic cut on Corrientes between Libertad and Suipacha, in Roque Sáenz Peña between Libertad and Cerrito, and at the corner of Corrientes and Callao, while the groups that usually use the 9 de Julio Metrobús were affected his tour.
The chants of the fans were accompanied by the horns of the vehicles that could still circulate in the streets surrounding the Obelisk.
With tears running down his cheeks, Fabio recounted: “I’m very excited because we’re in the final, I always come here. With this team we’re sure to win the final.”
Nicolás Adi was wearing a wig and his face painted completely in light blue and white. “He was a tremendous outburst of joy; I thought it was going to be a tighter result towards the end but I’m really happy. Now I’m nervous to define the rival and the only thing I want on Sunday is to cry with joy”.
Among other places, thousands of fans followed the alternatives of the match on the giant screen set up in the Seeber square in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermowhich was covered in light blue and white by the visitors who arrived with shirts from the Argentine team from different eras, most of them with the number 10 on the back and the last name “Messi”.
The street vendors took the opportunity to add flags, hats, vuvuzelas, headbands, t-shirts and dolls with the face of Messi and t-shirts with the now historic phrase “Go there, fool” to their offer of the traditional national team shirts.
In the so-called “Fan fest” a crowd also celebrated the triumph with the classic chant “he who does not jump is an Englishman”, which caused a red mist, a product of the brick dust in the square raised by the jumps of the fans, and many lost concentration to walk to the Obelisk.
With a light blue and white curly wig and sparkles on her face, the 71-year-old clown “Tinkerbell” accompanied her granddaughters while she colored the faces of the visitors who requested it; In dialogue with Télam, he pointed out: “Our country needs a little happiness for our hearts, I have been a clown for many years and I wear this suit for national holidays, but this day lent itself to being well Argentinian. God bless Argentina, no only in football but to all its inhabitants”.
The two goals of Julian Alvarezand the penalty caused by the 9 of the Selection, seem to have aroused the passion of the fans who wear his shirt and dedicate phrases to him on the air like “Juli I love you!!”.
Covered with the Argentine flag and with the vuvuzela in hand, was Verónica Padilla, who told this agency that she suffered a little despite the bulky result, but that she lived the victory “with a lot of happiness“.
With the final whistle, the happiness of the people was unleashed and, among the most listened to songs, resounded: “Come, come, sing with me, that you will find a friend, that by the hand of Leo Messiall of us are going to turn around”.
