Argentina national team fans celebrate in Buenos Aires (from YouTube)
It was worth waiting 36 years: the Argentine national team did it tonight (Sunday) - and in a big way, when they beat France in the most dramatic World Cup final of all time, and finally lifted the biggest trophy of all.
With the expectations of an entire world on his shoulders, Lionel Messi stood up to the pressure.
The flea, who provided a wonderful tournament and repeatedly appeared in the decisive moments, celebrated a wonderful duo, his teammates provided an uncompromising fighting game and showed extraordinary character, and in the end, after a crazy 3:3 at the end of 120 minutes, Albiceleste won 2:4 in a penalty shootout.
The dreams of 45 million people have come true.
The third star was added tonight.
Argentina players at the end (Photo: Reuters)
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Emiliano Martins
, who stopped two penalties in the duel from the penalty spot: "This is a game in which we suffered a lot. We thought it was already ours, we dominated and they managed to come back to a very complicated game. We were already leading 2:3, they had the penalty that Mbappe scored, they almost scored again, but luckily I managed to stop with my foot. This is the World Cup - I dreamed of it, I have no words. I have confidence in penalties, I told the players to stay calm and focused. I dedicate the victory to my family. I left for England at a young age, it's a victory that was worth every moment of my career."
Enso Fernandez won the title of the most outstanding young player of the tournament, Martinez joined him with the title of goalkeeper of the tournament.
Among the invited guests were also several players from the team that won the World Cup last time, in 1986, including goalkeeper Neri Pompidou, striker Jorge Valdano and midfielder Sergio Batista.
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