The world’s largest Messi shirt flamed in the sky of Rosario to encourage the National Team

On the coast, circumstantial passers-by, some walking their pets, others exercising or commuting to their jobs, looked amazed at the clear sky in the Rosario midday and quickly smiled. Some waved their arms up in a soccer harangue.

“You can’t believe the crazy things that are done in this city for football”said a woman who from the park spain He was looking up. And she added: “Our selection generates such great joy that it is shared and that must be celebrated.”

The initiative arose from a group of workers from the textile and shoe workshops of the Commune of Serodinolocated 52 kilometers northwest of rosary beadswho were joined by a group of young people and local volunteer firefighters, who with the helicopter of the local Port Works Cooperative, took the shirt to the coast of the Parana Riverin front of the patriotic symbol and traditional site of popular festivities such as the National Monument to the Flag.

“We want to put our team at the top,” said the communal president John Pio Drovetta.

“We put together a giant hanger, we tested that the seams would resist and we decided to raise the shirt so that everyone can enjoy it in different cities in the region,” he explained.

“Some 15 people participated in the clothing and the number ten with the name “Leo” were painted by the artists Marlene Zuriaga and Lisandro Urteagathe creators of the huge mural of Messi in the building next to the Monument to the Flag,” he added.

“We are cabuleros, we took it to the air in the match with the Netherlands and we were lucky, so we want to be like the 45 million Argentines showing love, support and encouragement to the National Team that is leaving everything in Qatar,” he concluded.