More than a million people were in the streets of Buenos Aires celebrating the victory, according to estimates from authorities
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Imagesrobe before he lifted the cup. The gesture was interpreted as a great gesture of respect on both sides.
Amid the riotous joy of car horns, music and whooping, several fans wore T-shirts, caps and signs with their new favourite Messi quote: “”. The phrase is from the tournament’s infamously scrappy quarter-final match with the Netherlands: as he came off the pitch, Messi was giving an interview in the tunnel when he caught the Dutch striker Wout Weghorst giving him the stink eye, and made the comment live on air. His take-no-nonsense attitude went viral instantly.
Roars of support poured in from across Latin America, with football lovers across the region ecstatic that the trophy had gone, if not to them, then at least to their regional neighbours. “Argentina’s victory is the victory for the Great Homeland”, the Bolivian president, Luis Arce, using the phrase which describes the ideal of a shared regional community of Spanish-speaking Americans.
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