Over 24 hours have passed since Lionel Messi lifted the coveted World Cup trophy at Lusail Stadium in Qatar but only a few hours ago the Albiceleste heroes have landed in Buenos Aires to celebrate their piece of history with their devoted fans.
The early signs for celebrations were already during the last penalty by Gonzalo Montiel with the streets that lead to the famous Obelisco in Buenos Aires, empty and silent whil everyone awaits the fateful kick
El momento del penal más importante de la historia argentina en las calles de Buenos Aires 🥹pic.twitter.com/N1yZsuhrj3
— Pablo Giralt (@giraltpablo) December 19, 2022
The streets of Buenos Aires and Doha flooded with joyous fans right after
Celebrations in Argentina and Qatar are absolutely WILD!!!#Argentina #WorldCup #FIFAWorldCup #Qatar2022 #365Scores pic.twitter.com/KBl81oVQD5
— 365Scores (@365Scores) December 19, 2022
But everyone waited patiently for their heroes to return home and when they did, that was the official ‘kick-off’ to the grandest party of them all!
The champions are at home 🏆🇦🇷
— All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) December 20, 2022
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This photo… 😍🏆 pic.twitter.com/VEsMLYYyTy
— All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) December 20, 2022
This video of Argentina fans greeting the team after leaving the airport in Buenos Aires is unreal 🤯🤯
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 20, 2022
This was also around 4am local time 😳
(via rodridepaul IG) pic.twitter.com/2zOFRIdOkm
This is Argentina at 4 am
— Messi Media (@LeoMessiMedia) December 20, 2022
Beautiful scenes 😍 pic.twitter.com/wx6Y250iTm
Thing almost went a bit out of control as the Argentinian National Team bus paraded the streets of Buenos Aires with the World Cup heroes sitting on 2nd deck. One instant some of the players, including superstar Leo Messi almost got tangled up in electricity wires and had it not been to the always attentive Leandro Paredes, who knows how this incident would’ve ended
Messi and the others almost got hit by the overhead cables😭 pic.twitter.com/fw3IxNQOMg
— Ankur (@AnkurMessi_) December 20, 2022