Buenos Aires

2022 - 12 - 19

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This drone footage of Buenos Aires celebrating Lionel Messi and ... (GolfDigest.com)

On Sunday, Argentina outlasted France in arguably the best soccer match ever played. They beat the brakes off the Les Blues in the first half, ...

It’s an almost unfathomable show of support, one usually reserved for the ending of wars and the toppling of governments, and it was all for a soccer game. To put it in the simplest terms imaginable, we have never seen anything like it and we saw the Philadelphia Eagles win a Super Bowl. The tension and emotion from the Argentinian fanbase simmered from the very first whistle of the tournament—an auspicious 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia—and on Sunday they boiled over into one of the most rapturous celebrations in sporting history.

Argentina's World Cup title celebrated in Qatar, Buenos Aires ... (FOXSports.com)

Agüero, the legendary Argentinian soccer player and close friend of Messi who was forced to retire due to a heart condition, was right in the middle of the ...

I love you my friend." In 2016, after Messi temporarily retired from the Argentina national team, his former teammate Lionel Scaloni begged him to come back on Twitter. Albiceleste secured its third World Cup title — and first for the 35-year-old Messi — providing breathtaking scenes of celebration around the globe.

Celebrations in Buenos Aires after Argentina's World Cup victory in ... (Euronews)

Football fans in Argentina are ecstatic after winning the World Cup in Qatar. Euronews spoke to some of them, through the noise of their celebrations near ...

Lionel Messi, in what was probably his last selection, offered a third title to the Albiceleste and engraved his name next to Diego Maradona's in the Olympus of football and in the hearts of millions of Argentines. "The comparison with Maradona is unavoidable," explained another fan. I lived in the countryside, I was 10 years old and could not experience it.

Argentina to celebrate World Cup victory at Buenos Aires' Obelisk (CNA)

Argentina's national team will celebrate their World Cup triumph on Tuesday in Buenos Aires at the Obelisk, the monument that is the traditional epicentre ...

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Argentina prepares for World Cup winners' welcome home party (Buenos Aires Times)

Nation prepares for a massive street party after the national team's remarkable shoot-out victory over France.

"I'm going to greet them at the airport. A private reception at a VIP suite in the airport has been arranged to greet the returning players and the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said they will celebrate with fans at the Obelisk on Tuesday. "Crowned with glory," read a banner on a newspaper kiosk in Buenos Aires, while Clarín and La Prensa dailies both sent a huge "Thank you" to Lionel Messi and his team-mates for winning the country's third world title, and first in 36 years.

WATCH: Incredible drone footage shows scale of Argentina ... (Goal.com)

A drone footage showed thousands of fans gathered at central Buenos Aires celebrating Argentina's World Cup triumph.

A drone filmed the scale of celebrations that followed after full time. It was La Albiceleste's first global title for 36 agonising years. [edged out France in the penalty shootout](https://www.goal.com/en/lists/goat-debate-over-winners-losers-messi-argentina-mbappe-france-greatest-world-cup-final-ever/blt3c805d9a1697ff6c) to lift the coveted World Cup trophy after 36 years.

Watch Judas Priest show support for Argentina team during Buenos ... (NME.com)

Judas Priest showed their support for the Argentine football team ahead of their 2022 World Cup match during a concert earlier this week.

[ called](https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/1604547087370227721) it a “sensational tournament with herculean efforts by both teams” while [Architects](https://www.nme.com/artists/architects)’ Sam Carter [said:](https://twitter.com/samarchitects/status/1604536408101855236) “What a truly unbelievable game of football! Frontman Halford then returned to the stage to perform ‘Jolene’ with Parton as part of her performance. [performed ‘Genocide’ to the surprise of many fans in attendance.](https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-judas-priest-perform-genocide-for-first-time-in-40-years-3329660) [Eminem](https://www.nme.com/artists/eminem), [Duran Duran](https://www.nme.com/artists/duran-duran), [Lionel Richie](https://www.nme.com/artists/lionel-richie) and more at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Downing and drummer and ex-member Les Binks. [Dolly Parton](https://www.nme.com/artists/dolly-parton) performed [‘Jolene’ with Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony.](https://www.nme.com/news/music/dolly-parton-performs-jolene-with-judas-priests-rob-halford-at-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-ceremony-3343653)