Argentine star Lionel Messi and his teammates, during their World Cup victory celebration following their arrival from Qatar, managed to avoid hitting electrical tape while riding an open-top bus.
Messi managed to safely miss the 2022 World Cup and played an important role in Argentina by lifting the cup for the third time, but the Ballon d’Or winner was nearly injured on his arrival in Buenos Aires, according to the “”Eurosport“.
Messi was sitting on the back of an exposed bus and had to duck quickly to avoid overhead wires, and his teammates also bowed at the right moment, according to a video that circulated widely on social media.
Messi and his teammates narrowly missed out here 😳 pic.twitter.com/nQtNwE9Cpc
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Argentina’s World Cup celebrations nearly took a dark turn when Lionel Messi narrowly avoided serious damage shortly after his return to Buenos Aires, according to the site.
Messi and his teammates arrived home at around 2am on Tuesday following their win in Qatar, boarded an open-top bus at the airport and were greeted by thousands of fans as they headed to the Argentine Football Federation training ground, where they spent the night.
Messi, winner of the Ballon d’Or in Qatar, was the first to step off the plane carrying the World Cup.
Fans lined the streets of Buenos Aires to catch a glimpse of the team as they arrived after a thrilling shoot-out win against France in the World Cup final.
Tuesday was declared a national holiday in Argentina and there will be a parade through the capital to celebrate winning the World Cup for the third time.
Eventually Messi won the cup, kissed it, hugged it and carried it after chasing it four times in vain, the closest of which was in the 2014 final when he lost to Germany with a fatal goal after an extension.
The seven-time best player in the world joined his compatriot, the late legend Diego Maradona, who led his country to the 1986 title after two ‘supernatural’ goals against England in the quarter-finals, and his fans could now compare them, perhaps with the Brazilian Pele, three times world champion between 1958 and 1970.
