'It is a party!' Across Argentina, fans celebrate World Cup win
Argentines took over the streets in different towns across the country to celebrate their team’s victory in the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Sunday (December 18).
In Buenos Aires, drone footage showed thousands of Argentines at the city’s iconic obelisk. Fans also gathered outside the former home of late soccer great Diego Armando Maradona’s home.
Mar del Plata - hometown of Argentina’s goalkeeper Damian Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martinez – also saw waves of fans dressed in blue and white shirts.
A resident of Mar del Plata Pablo Vit told Reuters it was a party where no social classes exist.
In a tense and roller-coaster match played in Qatar in front of some 88,000 fans, Argentina, led by star Lionel Messi, took home its third World Cup after beating France, the defending champions, 4-2 in penalties after drawing 3-3 after extra time.
The South American team, which lost the final of the tournament against Germany in 2014, had not won a World Cup since 1986. But the rise of the team has spurred avid support in Argentina, which is plagued by high inflation and an economic crisis that has pushed some 40% of the population into poverty.
