The Albiceleste, who arrived on the night of December 19 to 20 in Buenos Aires, must spend the night in his training center, near Buenos Aires airport. Tuesday has been declared a public holiday by the government and at midday the players will make a big loop downtown.
Their aircraft – an Aerolinas Argentinas Airbus A330 – bore the inscription “one team, one country, one dream” and on its rear wing are the drawings of Messi or Angel di Maria, the other hero of the World Cup final in Qatar, author of the second goal against France.
The plane carrying the Argentine world champions, who won their third star on Sunday December 18 in Doha, landed overnight from Monday to Tuesday at Buenos Aires International Airport.
The Albiceleste must spend the night in his training center, near the airport, where tens of thousands of supporters – Tuesday has been declared a holiday – who have come to wait for them and hope to see them. They will then make a big loop around midday in the city center, celebrated by a huge crowd at the top of an Imperial bus.
Leo Messi, the captain and emblem of Argentine success in Qatar, was the first to appear at the top of the boarding stairs, brandishing the golden World Cup trophy, to win the red carpet rolled out on the tarmac of the business airport of Ezeiza. The players immediately boarded the white double-decker bus, flocked with 3 stars and the “World Champion”in which they will be cheered on in the afternoon during their lap of honour.
Resounded in a loop boysa sort of unofficial selection anthem sung loudly by the supporters, which evokes, in addition to Messi, the memories of Maradona and his parents Don Diego and Dona Tota, but also the Falklands war of 1982 between the Argentina and the United Kingdom.