Hundreds of people participated in the banners of encouragement to the National Soccer Team in different neighborhoods of the city of Buenos Aires, with the epicenter in the Buenos Aires Obelisk, prior to tomorrow’s match between Argentina and France for the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup .
The Argentine flags began to be unfurled in Corrientes and on July 9, in front of the Obelisk, around 7:00 p.m. and from that moment the place was populated with people with light blue and white flags and shirts.
Horns, bugles, chants and applause resounded in the vicinity of the monument.
Sitting with her son and sister in front of the Obelisk, María Decimos (47) from Córdoba took advantage of her vacation days to “support the team in the banner,” hoping that “champions will come out tomorrow.”
Tourists bought hats with the colors of the Argentine flag and some stopped in amazement to see how children and fans jumped to the rhythm of “Ole, ole, ole, every day I love you more, I’m Argentine, it’s a feeling, I can’t stop.” or the theme of the moment “Guys, now we are excited again”.
Laura Linares (35), waved Lionel Messi’s shirt in front of the cars passing through Cerrito that accompanied her with their horns.
“We want the party to start now. And tomorrow to continue”the woman from the city of Avellaneda who came to the Obelisk with her friend told Télam, because in the festivities of the previous game they could not get there due to the number of people who gathered.
The two friends told that they went to the Metropolitan Cathedral to ask that Argentina be champion.
Uma Fernández (14) was with her sisters and nephews under the mask of Lio Messi. photo with her
There was no shortage of street vendors selling caps, flags, mugs, bracelets, Argentine headbands and stickers and figurines of the national team players.
Vilma Castillo (56) wore the national team’s jersey, as did her four grandchildren, ages 7, 8, 11 and 14. With flag and vuvuzela in hand, she traveled from Morón to downtown Buenos Aires to “enjoy the World Cup with her grandchildren.”
“For some it is their second World Cup but they were small. Now I bought them the vuvuzelas, hoping for the total victory tomorrow,” he said.
T-shirts with the faces of Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona, light blue and white umbrellas, faces painted with the flag decorated the place.
Even the head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, attended the place wearing an Argentine shirt and stressed that the demonstrations of encouragement were designed so that “the cry of all Argentines reaches the boys there in Qatar.”
In addition to the Obelisk, there were meeting points to encourage the National Team at the corners of Vicente López and Uriburu; Corrientes and Pueyrredón; Brandsen and Montes de Oca; Medrano and Corrientes; Acoyte and Rivadavia; Assembly and Emilio Miter; Cruz and Guanini; Murguiondo and Juan B. Alberdi; Jonte and Lope de Vega; Fernandez de Enciso and New York; Olazabal and Triumvirate; Council and Oath; Sarmiento and Liberator; and Corrientes and Scalabrini Ortiz.
In addition, at 8:00 p.m. a mapping was projected on the Obelisk, designed by the visual artist Nicolás Bernaudo.
