Chopper over bus ride for Argentina players
Updated On: 22 December, 2022 08:22 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AFP
Fans disappointed as Argentina players abandon road journey and fly over city in helicopter
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Fans gather in large numbers in Buenos Aires to celebrate Argentina’s victory in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup. Pics/Getty Images
Millions of jubilant fans turned out on Tuesday to welcome home Argentina’s World Cup winners led by Lionel Messi, but most were left disappointed when an open-top bus parade had to be abandoned due to the massive crowds, in favour of a hastily organized helicopter tour.
Vast crowds of ecstatic fans cheered on their heroes along every meter of the planned 30-kilometer parade route from a Buenos Aires suburb to the center of the capital—but that made for interminably slow progress. The bus had crawled along for almost five hours as the throng celebrated the team’s thrilling penalty shoot-out victory over France in the World Cup final, before the decision was made to trade the bus for a chopper.
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