After the victory (3-0) of Albiceleste against Croatia on Tuesday, the streets of Buenos Aires filled with passionate supporters, for whom the course of Messi and his teammates is a puff of oxygen in A context of a serious economic crisis.
by Flora Genne (Buenos Aires, correspondent)
Very quickly, after the opening of the score, the smiles settled on the faces and left them anymore. “But he has a third eye Messi? How is he going to go so fast and see everything?” Said Valentina, a 23 -year -old student, admiring. The trailer, a historic bar from Buenos Aires, covered with football pennants and overflowing with supporters, intermittently filled with confidents “Argentina! Argentina!”, Rhythmic of hands in the air. Albiceleste is essential in front of Croatia (3-0). Argentines radiate. “We dance on the field! What goals!” Jubilees Valentina.
The bar, wavy light blue and white, pours into the street, deserted or almost during the meeting. Fans improvise cumbia steps, Latin music, thunder their desire in a single refrain: “We will come back, we will come back, we will be again champions, as in 1986”, an allusion to the second title of world champions of the ‘ Argentina, won in Mexico with Diego Maradona, the only title claimed with heart.
This second star sparkles more than that won in the middle of the military dictatorship in 1978. A sign of the vitality of football songs in Argentina, but also unconditional support for Captain Messi, supporters are launching “Qué Miras Bobo?”, “What are you looking at, Guignol?”, The reply launched by the star striker to the Dutch scorer Wout Weghorst, after the victory against the Netherlands, in the quarter-finals.
Obelisk, the rallying point of sporting emotions, at the center of the capital, tens of thousands of people exult. “I am very happy and, now, what I want is to win on Sunday”, loose Enzo, 30, “like Enzo Fernandez”, he adds, in reference in the middle of the Albiceleste. He observes, dumbfounded, the buses with light signage sometimes revisited -“Vamos Argentina”, they display -, Klaxon; residents, wave their jersey at the Balconies of Buildings, shirtless; Flags, shiver at car windows.
inflation
In front of Enzo, a drum, central instrument of the culture of the Argentine stands, accompanies the Hourras. The street musician wears a jersey from the Boca club, his instrument is in the colors of River, the eternal rivals of the Argentine capital. He is wearing an Albiceleste hat. “Here, victory unites us at a time when things are going badly,” continues Enzo, cook, who lives in the southern, popular suburbs, from Buenos Aires, and whose salary runs out of steam behind inflation, + 90 % over a year.
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