“They won’t let us get to greet all the people who were at the Obelisk. Apologies”. The Argentina team said goodbye to their fans in a helicopter

The Argentine team finished its caravan by helicopter and returned to the sports venue of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) located in Ezeiza, in the province of Buenos Aires, after interrupting its journey in an open-top bus due to the crowds on the route.

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The vehicle carrying the team led by Lionel Scaloni left shortly before 11:30 a.m. (2:30 p.m. GMT) from the AFA premises and took Riccheri avenue towards the city of Buenos Aires, where hundreds of thousands of people awaited the arrival. of the Albiceleste.

For security reasons and the crowd of fans in the streets, the tour of Argentina, world champion, could not complete its journey

After four and a half hours of travel, the bus only covered about 15 kilometers of highway and took a detour on Larrazábal avenue, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Lugano (southwest of the city), after two fans jumped into the vehicle from a bridge.

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Several Naval Prefecture helicopters later picked up the footballers and began an aerial tour of the center of the capital, to the cheers of the fans who, from 9 de Julio avenue and the surrounding streets, had been waiting for their idols for more than ten hours .

“They don’t let us get to greet all the people who were at the Obelisk, the same security organizations that escorted us don’t allow us to move forward. A thousand apologies on behalf of all the champion players. A pity, ”said the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio“ Chiqui ”Tapia, in a message posted on his Twitter account at 3:53 p.m. local time (1:53 p.m. from Ecuador).

“We thank the province of Buenos Aires, headed by its Minister of Security, Sergio Berni, who was the only one who accompanied the entire journey to the entrance to the capital without registering any incident, allowing the players to embrace the Argentine people”, Tapia said in a later tweet.

La Albiceleste thus put an end to a chaotic journey, marked by continuous itinerary changes and the general confusion of the fans who were on the streets.

Argentina was proclaimed world champion after winning the penalty shootout (4-2) against France, after a 3-3 tie in 120 minutes of play.

The Albiceleste obtained its third world title, after those achieved in Argentina 1978 and Mexico 1986. To these three achievements, add the three lost finals of Uruguay 1930, Italy 1990 and Brazil 2014. (D)