The victory of the Argentine soccer team against Croatia, which gave it qualifying for the World Cup final in Qatarit was held in striking places in the province of Tierra del Fuegowhere they are also preparing to live the preview of the defining match of the international sports competition.
One of those sites was the National Antarctic Bases, in which the complete endowments met in quinchos or casinos of the facilities to watch the game and give free rein to festivities full of flags, songs and encouragement for the team.
Hope Foundation
There, for example, most of the 67 members of the crew gathered in the main building’s casino to share some pizzas and cornstarch sandwiches before the match against the Croats.
“Some, like me, can no longer bear to see these defining instances and we prefer to be elsewhere and that they tell us. Yesterday I was with another colleague drinking mate and obviously following the messages that told us what was happening. It is a lot of emotion and I get very nervous ”, he told Télam Soledad Otaola, teacher and director of school No. 38 “Presidente Raúl Alfonsín” that works on the base.
A video of the festivities shows men, women and children from the crew jumping and singing in light blue and white T-shirts: “Come on, come on, Argentina, come on, let’s go, let’s win, this bar of Esperanza doesn’t let you, it doesn’t stop encouraging you.” , shout the Antarctic fans.
Marambio Base
For his part, in another video but captured at the Marambio Base A group of fans can be seen celebrating outside the facilities, with snow on the ground and the sound of wind that surrounds them, in front of the sign that identifies the place.
We celebrate in every corner of our bicontinental Argentina. #Today in Marambio.
Let’s go #Argentina! ?? pic.twitter.com/H89vYGW1sU— Guillermo Carmona (@grcarmonac) December 10, 2022
This is how the brigade members lived in the burned areas
Heart of the Island Nature Reserve
The victory of the National Team was also experienced in a particular way in the Forest fire that takes place in the natural reserve “Corazón de la Isla” in the vicinity of the municipality of Tolhuin.
Over there, some brigade members such as Alejo Duralde, from the province of Córdoba, shared images of their colleagues working to combat the flames with Argentine flags attached to their backpacksas a sign of celebration.
In the images they are seen cutting trees with chainsaws and the flag waving on their backs, while a video captured the moment when a fire hydrant plane drops water on the group and one of the brigade members raises his arms and while the liquid falls on the forest surface shouts “may Argentina win”.
After the celebration of the World Cup final last Tuesday It is already throbbing in the most extreme and inhospitable latitudes of the country, from Antarctica where the military and civilians promise to repeat cabals and meet again to eat and watch the gameto places of work and risk such as the scene where the largest forest fire in the history of the province takes place.
Ushuaia
In the capital and main tourist city of the area, the soccer event mixes the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego with the thousands of visitors, many of them foreigners, who do not cease to be amazed by the fervor that the World Cup event produces in the population.
After the pass to the finaleven the sirens of the Antarctic cruise ships anchored in the port joined the endless chain of shouts, songs and popular caravans that were part of the celebration.
All under the even greater expectation of repeating the festivities next Sunday, if the result makes the team led by Lionel Messi world champion.
