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Argentina: National team has to cancel the bus parade

2022-12-20T21:35:22.874Z


Argentina's World Cup heroes actually wanted to be celebrated on the streets of Buenos Aires. But too many people came and dramatic scenes took place. The footballers had to switch to helicopters.


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Nothing works anymore: crowds in Buenos Aires celebrate their team

Photo: Raul Martinez/EPA

The fan parade to receive the world champions in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires has been canceled due to the crowds.

After the bus with the national team had hardly made any progress for several hours, the players left the vehicle at a sports facility and boarded two water police helicopters.

They then skimmed the waiting fans in downtown Buenos Aires.

Millions of people cheered the players in the helicopters.

The national team set off for the capital on Tuesday afternoon in an open-topped bus from the grounds of the AFA Football Association outside the gates of Buenos Aires.

In view of the huge crowd, however, the bus only advanced at walking pace or sometimes not at all.

The team would have needed hours on the planned route.

According to police, around five million people were out and about in Buenos Aires.

Angry association president Tapia

Association President Claudio Tapia raised allegations against the security authorities.

“They didn't allow us to greet everyone at the obelisk, and the same security forces who escorted us didn't allow us to proceed.

A thousand apologies on behalf of all master players.

Shame,” he wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, two fans had jumped onto the bus of captain Lionel Messi's team.

A man jumped from a bridge onto the team's open-top double-decker bus, according to videos published by the newspaper La Nación.

Several players tried to dissuade him from his plan with a show of hands.

A second man landed on the back of the bus, slipped, and fell onto the street.

It was initially unclear whether he was injured.

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Source: spiegel

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