The Argentine team is possibly the largest federal demonstration of a country that concentrates a third of its population in a single city, Buenos Aires and its periphery.
Most of the brand new champions, on the other hand, were born in the so-called "interior" of the country and, just as Tuesday was the day in which a multitude of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires residents took to the streets to try to see Lionel Messi and his boys, In the following hours, the return of the players to their cities and towns of origin began.
Argentina's embrace of its favorite children includes towns of a million people and other tiny geographies, and perhaps for that reason more proud.
Already in the final hours of Tuesday, Messi left Buenos Aires and returned to his family home in Kentucky, a closed neighborhood on the outskirts of Rosario.
"We were a little worried about what we saw in Buenos Aires, but the security operation and the reserve in the information allowed us to get it very well," said Juan Félix Rossetti, Kentucky administrator.
"(Messi) he behaved like someone simple, he did not ask for any protocol.
He also lowered Di María, although he later left.
It was an unforgettable party.
He was with the neighbors, he took selfies and he was burned from having been in the sun so much ”,
In turn, within the neighboring province of Córdoba, the geographical center of the country, Calchín gained sudden popularity thanks to Julián Álvarez, the young man who came to Qatar as a substitute and scored four goals.
The rank of soccer celebrity that La Araña reached in the World Cup contrasts with the 2,000 inhabitants of the Cordoba town that had a welcome party scheduled for him late Wednesday at the stadium without stands where he started playing, Club Atlético Calchín .
Among dozens of recognitions in which the appointments of "illustrious citizens" of their hometowns abound (Lautaro Martínez and Germán Pezzella in Bahía Blanca, and Gerónimo Rulli and Juan Foyth in La Plata), this Thursday will be the day that Mar del Plata honor to Emiliano Martínez, possibly the second footballer with the greatest popular acceptance of the national team.
The tribute to Dibu, who never played in the Argentine league and who until the 2021 Copa América was unknown in the country, is expected to be massive.
A gigantic photograph of the goalkeeper has already been displayed in a square in Mar del Plata and a bill has been announced that proposes that the city's stadium, where the 78 World Cup was played (where Spain faced Brazil), would have your name.
Regarding the ecstasy that took place on Tuesday in Buenos Aires, the authorities reported that they received 511 requests for assistance from people injured, injured or with a medical need, of which 31 were referred to hospitals.
In addition, there were 284 calls for missing persons.
Officially no deaths were reported during the day.
The day before, Monday, a boy died when a fan climbed a mast and fell on top of his body.
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