During the Copa America victory celebration with Argentinian fans on Thursday evening after Argentina’s victory against Bolivia in the 2022 World Cup qualifier, Lionel Messi shared his emotion. “It’s a unique moment,” he said in particular.
He was in tears. Lionel Messi was finally able to celebrate his first Copa America coronation with Argentinian fans. Two months after the final won 1-0 against Brazil, the Argentina national team used their 2022 World Cup qualifier against Bolivia on Thursday (3-0 victory) to celebrate in Buenos Aires . “I’ve been waiting for this for a long time,” confided the six-fold Golden Ball in front of 25,000 spectators in the stands of the Monumental stadium, open to the public for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
“A unique moment”
“I was very anxious, but also very eager to enjoy. (…) I have been looking for this moment for a long time, and thank goodness I ended up having it. It was a unique moment, because of the place and how it happened after so much waiting, “also said Lionel Messi, referring to the fact that the triumph had occurred in Brazil, in an almost closed door in the Maracanã.
“To be able to celebrate this is incredible. My mother, my brothers and sisters are in the stands. I suffered a lot, but I am very happy”, concluded the striker of Paris Saint-Germain, according to the transcript of the Argentinian newspaper. Ole.
Messi, of which it was the 153rd selection in the Argentina team, scored a hat-trick before these festivities. The man with 79 international goals has indeed scored the three goals of this 3-0 victory against Bolivia which closes this international truce of September for the South American continent. With 18 points, Argentina is second behind Brazil in the qualifiers in the Conmebol zone for the World Cup in Qatar.
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