"Hell has broken loose": ARD correspondent reports on chaos during World Cup ecstasy
Created: 2022-12-20 05:20
By: Christoph Gschossmann
ARD correspondent Matthias Ebert was right in the middle of the Argentine frenzy.
© Twitter/Matthias Ebert
The joy in Argentina knows no bounds: the team is finally world champion again.
An ARD correspondent reports on the ecstatic celebration in Buenos Aires.
Munich/Bueons Aires – Argentina is world champion – and not only Lionel Messi and his teammates are celebrating (and getting even with the media).
An ARD correspondent reports from the streets of the capital Buenos Aires in a Twitter video that has been viewed more than 20,000 times.
This gives you an idea of what the conditions are like in the South American metropolis after the Argentine national team crowned themselves at the 2022 World Cup.
"Complete ecstasy here in Argentina, Buenos Aires just after the final whistle all hell broke loose here," exclaims Matthias Ebert into the camera out of breath - otherwise he wouldn't have been able to hear him through the crowd of people around him.
"Messi makes you forget the crisis in Argentina"
Something white - popcorn, confetti or beer foam?
- rains on his head, several people crowd around him, almost hug him.
"A police car was hijacked... Everyone's going crazy!" he summarizes.
You can also see how several people are standing on the official car.
The reporter now speaks of the man of the hour: "Messi is now a superhero, just like Maradona.
He did it after a huge fight and he makes forget the crisis in Argentina!”
"The economic crisis, all the problems, inflation!" he begins again, but a happily drunk young man bellows in between.
"Now we're celebrating, and it should be a mega celebration!" he calls out, but can hardly be seen in the picture because more and more cheering Argentines are crowding in front of the camera.
"And that's why, yes, there is a state of emergency in Buenos Aires!"
"No one knows when he'll wake up here tomorrow!
Full throttle party - that's the motto.
It's just crazy." That this probably includes himself - you can definitely assume that with these pictures.
And the Messi party in the national jersey should go even further: the folk hero wants to continue playing for the Albiceleste.
(cgsc)