A giant Leo Messi shirt is carried in the air by a helicopter over his hometown Rosario in Argentina ahead of the World Cup semi-final (Twitter)
The Argentina national team has already gotten used to the fact that they are playing at home in Qatar, as was the case in many World Cups in the past, and the coach of the opponent in the final - the French Didier Deschamps, admitted that the Albiceleste will have a significant advantage in the stands in the match that will take place tomorrow (Sunday, 17:00) at the Lusail Stadium.
But even in relation to the shows provided by the Argentine audience every game so far, the reception that the fans prepare for Lionel Messi and his friends should be unprecedented.
"If it goes well, there will be something never seen before in the World Cup," say the Argentine fans before the final.
Some things do require FIFA's approval, but as part of the preparations are planned: 7,000 medium-sized flags with the inscription "Vamos Seleccion (Selected forward)", almost 5,000 light blue and white balloons that will be scattered in the stands, almost 3,000 scarves and also deployment flags that will stretch from the upper stands to the rings the underwear.
In addition, the Argentine crowd is working on signs in which Messi's face will appear with the cult phrase "What are you looking at?", which he said to the Dutchman and Ott and Horst after the quarter-finals.
And no less important, of course, is the quantity: it is expected that at least 45,000 fans of the South American champions will support their team from the stands in the stadium that holds almost 89,000 thousand seats, when according to reports, over 50,000 arrived in Doha.
Getting ready for madness that we haven't seen yet, but everyone will get tickets?
Argentina national team fans (Photo: Reuters)
At the same time, there are also reports of complaints from hundreds of Argentine fans, about a lack of tickets for the final.
Many gathered outside the FIFA ticket office in Qatar yesterday, and claimed that the official sales (and resale) platforms had mysteriously sold out of tickets: "We know that a lot of tickets were returned from fans of Brazil, Portugal and Morocco after their teams failed to reach the final, but we don't know Where did these tickets go," said the fans.
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The final will not be screened on the streets of Paris.
The French crowd after qualifying for the final (Photo: Reuters)
In France, the temperatures are expected to drop below zero degrees, but even regardless of the cold, there will be no viewing sessions on giant screens in Paris, and this at the behest of the mayor Anne Hidalgo.
The reason: the violation of human rights and the exploitation of workers by the authorities in Qatar as part of the construction of the stadiums for the World Cup.
It should be noted that the opinions on the subject are divided, and in other cities, such as in Chateauroux for example, they think differently: "It is impossible to punish the French for international events that are not related to them in any way. This is the time to unite the people, the opportunities to do so are rare, and a final against Argentina is one from them. I will have a fan-zone," declared the head of the council, Gilles Abreu.
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