The big party for the world champions in Buenos Aires did not have the expected ending.
Mass mobilization in honor of the Seleccion , the largest in the history of the country according to the main local newspapers . So overflowing as to prevent the bus carrying - with Messi in the lead - the heroes of Qatar - from reaching the obelisk in the center of Buenos Aires, a goal set by the Argentine Football Federation.
Four million people flocked along the 45 km of the initially planned route, so much so that the bus was blocked, which had to stop on the motorway after the first 15 km traveled at walking pace . A column of dozens of armored vehicles, cars and motorcycles initially allowed the coach to make its way initially, but at a certain point the cordon of agents that separated the team from the fans was swallowed up by the crowd. A fan literally threw himself on the open vehicle that was passing under a bridge, the situation was out of control .
So the team was picked up with an emergency operation by three helicopters that were landed on the side of the highway and then flew over the obelisk for a symbolic greeting that the fans nonetheless celebrated, chanting " Argentina is a feeling I cannot contain .'
Among the details captured by the cameras while the players were still on the bus was that of a smiling and euphoric Messi sitting with his group of closest Seleccion friends (Di Maria, Paredes, De Paul and Otamendi) drinking from a cut plastic bottle in the middle, the most popular drink among young Argentines who want to rev up: Fernè, made from Fernet Branca mixed with Coca Cola.
(Unioneonline/L)