It was late at night. At 2:10 local time on Tuesday morning (December 20), the Airbus A330-200 of Aerolíneas Argentinas, registration LV-FVH, landed in Buenos Aires. He had come from Doha, but had stopped in Rome to get petrol. The Argentina national soccer team was on board as the new world champions. Arriving at the Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini in Buenos Aires, Lionel Messi was the first out of the plane’s door as it opened, trophy in hand.