Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to try to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time
ahead what is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in Buenos Aires.
The newly crowned champions of the world boarded an open top bus and several, including Messi, could be seen singing the words to the song while they waited for everyone to get on to travel to the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association. It took the bus around one hour to travel approximately 11 kilometres from the airport to AFA headquarters, where the players were welcomed with fireworks.They will sleep at AFA headquarters for a few hours before boarding the bus later Tuesday to the Obelisk, the iconic Buenos Aires landmark that was a sea of people Sunday afternoon after the team won the country’s third World Cup, and its first since 1986.
In the afternoon, people started arriving at the airport and outside the AFA headquarters in hopes of getting a glimpse of the team.
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