'Messi mania' takes over Argentina!
Updated On: 23 March, 2023 07:44 AM IST | Buenos Aires | AFP
Fans in Buenos Aires go berserk as World Cup-winning skipper returns to international colours for the first time since lifting trophy in December
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi (left) and Emiliano Buendia train in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will make a triumphant return in their homeland on Thursday when they play their first match since winning the World Cup in Qatar. More than 1.5 million (15 lakh) fans applied for 63,000 available tickets for the match against Central American minnows Panama at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. Football-mad Argentines were out in even larger numbers following the Albiceleste’s dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over France in December.
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