Argentina gets hero’s welcome home as crowds throng for FIFA World Cup champs

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Argentina, winners of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, ride on an open bus during their homecoming parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. AP

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Argentine football star Lionel Messi celebrates during the homecoming parade through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

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Argentina’s players celebrate on board a bus with a sign reading “World Champions” with supporters after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they tour through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AP

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Argentina’s Thiago Almada (L) holds the FIFA World Cup Trophy next to Angel Di Maria (R) while celebrating on the parade bus. AFP via Getty Images

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Argentina’s players celebrate on board a bus with a sign reading “World Champions” with supporters after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they tour through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and teammates celebrate on the bus with the World Cup trophy during the victory parade in Buenos Aires. REUTERS

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Soccer fans welcome home the Argentine soccer team after it won the World Cup tournament. AP

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes and teammates celebrate on the bus with the World Cup trophy during the victory parade in Buenos Aires. REUTERS

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Argentina’s players celebrate on board a bus with a sign reading “World Champions” with supporters after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they tour through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AP

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Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez (L), Julian Alvarez (C) and Alejandro Gomez (R) celebrate on the parade bus. AFP via Getty Images

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Aerial view of Obelisk as a multitude of Argentine fans gather for a victory parade of the Argentina men’s national soccer team after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on December 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Getty Images

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Soccer fans wave flags from the Obelisk monument as they wait to see the Argentine soccer team. AP

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Argentina’s players celebrate on board a bus with a sign reading “World Champions” with supporters after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they tour through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. REUTERS

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes and teammates celebrate on the bus with the World Cup trophy during the victory parade in Buenos Aires. REUTERS

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Argentina’s players celebrate on board a bus with a sign reading “World Champions” with supporters after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they tour through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

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Aerial view of Obelisk as a multitude of Argentine fans gather for a victory parade of the Argentina men’s national soccer team after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on December 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP

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A mural of Diego Maradona is seen with Argentina fans during the victory parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina – December 20, 2022. REUTERS

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Argentine football star Lionel Messi celebrates during the homecoming parade through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

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Argentine soccer fans crowd a highway for a homecoming parade for the Argentine soccer team that won the World Cup tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. AP

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Argentina soccer fans converge on the highways during a homecoming parade for the players who won the World Cup. AFP via Getty Images

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Argentina soccer fans converge on the highways during a homecoming parade for the players who won the World Cup. AP

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Argentina’s players celebrate on board a bus with a sign reading “World Champions” with supporters after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they tour through Buenos Aires’ downtown on December 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images