More than five million fans took to the streets to thank the Scaleneta for the World Cup

“The World Champions are flying over the entire course in helicopters because it became impossible to continue by land before the explosion of popular joy. Let’s continue to celebrate in peace and show them our love and admiration.”advertisement Gabriela Cerrutti, spokesman for the Presidency, on his Twitter account. The President of the Nation, Alberto Fernandezgave his own message later and assured that this “different December” will remain “forever in our hearts”.

But the tour finally it was only aerial and the players returned to the AFA property, his usual place of concentration. Before, television had shown images of two young men who jumped from a bridge as the caravan passed by: one fell inside the bus and another in the crowd.

Though people showed a certain disappointment that the players did not enter the center of Buenos AiresThey also continued to celebrate the triumph in the streets and the crowds calmly dispersed. So far, in the day only eight hospitalizations were registered due to polytraumatismsnone serious.

After returning to the AFA property, the athletes greeted the people from their social networks and left to their homes. Messi, Dybala and Di María were seen arriving in Rosario.

“I would have liked it to end differently. What could happen was underestimated. Just a person who doesn’t know what football is for the Argentine people it could come to think that this was not within the possible. It seems to me that if it had been better organized it could have been done differently“said Román García, a 38-year-old administrative worker.

For many, the third world championship achieved by the albiceleste acted as a balm for the difficult moments who lives in the country “I am very happy that the team has won. It is very important for our country. Beyond the bad moments, it is a year that we are going to start with the victory of Argentina and that makes us feel good.”Marta Acosta, 35, told AFP.

Many of the celebrating fans came from other cities.Yes, as far as Bariloche (in southern Patagonia), or Rosario, and the cities of the periphery of Buenos Aires. This Tuesday a national holiday was decreed to facilitate participation at the massive party, on a sunny day at the beginning of the southern summer.

While embracing the World Cup, Messi woke up with a “Good morning” posted on social media. “It was close to three decades in which the ball gave me many joys and also some sadness,” he wrote. “I always had the dream of being a World Champion and I didn’t want to stop trying, even knowing that it might never happen”Messi added on Instagram, who at 35 years old crowned his brilliant career with the Cup. In his letter, thanked Maradona “who encouraged us from heaven” and closed by stating that “many times failure is part of the journey and of learning and without disappointment it is impossible for success to come”.