A parade in Buenos Aires to celebrate Argentina's World Cup win was cut short and the players forced to take to helicopters after an estimated four million people flooded the streets. Read more:
An estimated crowd of four million people came out to welcome Lionel Messi and the Argentina World Cup winners home.
The players, who were triumphant in Sunday's World Cup final against France in Qatar, were met with an estimated crowd of over four million people.Despite it being around 3am local time, thousands were waiting with banners, flags and flares and howling with joy after Messi and his teammates ended the country's 36-year wait to win the World Cup.
"It is an enormous joy to see all these happy people, all together, one with the other, holding hands, giving each other hugs, kisses. We are all one today."
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