Football is a sport played by 11 players… and in the end, Argentina wins. Lionel Messi’s teammates won the Copa America yesterday against Colombia thanks to a goal from Lautaro Martinez at the end of extra time. After the Copa América in 2021 and the World Cup in 2022, the Argentinians have won a historic treble, which their fans did not fail to celebrate.
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After 124 minutes of suffering, there was liberation and an explosion of joy in this bar in the center of Buenos Aires, reports our correspondent, Théo Conscience. Argentina has just won its 16th Copa America. It is its 16th America’s Cup and, above all, it had already won it in 2021 and had appropriated the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. When the Argentines transformed to their advantage the prophecy of the British striker Gary Lineker during the 1990 World Cup: “football is played 11 against 11 but in the end it is Germany who wins”
Ivan, his face smeared sky blue and white, is in heaven. It’s wonderful, it’s wonderful to see football like this, to see so many finals, so many victories and so much harmony in football, it’s sensational! »
All the more sensational because the Argentinians had a scare, especially in the 66th minute, when Lionel Messi, injured in the ankle, came off before bursting into tears on the bench.
We suffered, as always, Nacho breathes, I don’t know why we suffer so much every time. Next to him, Esteban prefers to remember the historic treble that the Albiceleste has just achieved. After winning the last Copa America, the World Cup, winning again… I couldn’t be happier »
A collective joy that Ivan, Nacho and Esteban will share as always with hundreds of thousands of Argentines at the foot of the Obelisk in the center of the Argentine capital.