Argentina bus parade abandoned due to security concerns with World Cup winners transferred to helicopters | Football News

The Argentinian FA has confirmed the gamers bus tour of Buenos Aires has been abandoned due to security concerns, with the squad as an alternative taking helicopters alongside the parade route.

The World Cup-winning gamers had been evacuated from the open-top bus because the tour was progressing due to a lot of individuals making an attempt to bounce on because it drove below a bridge.

The AFA mentioned: “The players of the Argentine soccer team ended the festivities by flying over in a helicopter over the crowd of fans who gathered in the city.

“They made that call after verifying that they might not proceed advancing by bus in the midst of the group.”

The AFA president Claudio Tapia lamented the best way the tour ended as a result of they had been unable to greet all of the followers in the best way it had been organised.

“They don’t let us get to greet all the people who were at the Obelisk, the same security agencies that escorted us don’t allow us to move forward,” he mentioned.

“A thousand apologies on behalf of all the champion players. A shame.”

The gamers had been unable to attain the central Obelisco monument as deliberate due to the group dimension, estimated by native media at 4 million individuals.

“The world champions are flying over the entire route in helicopters because it became impossible to continue on land due to the explosion of popular joy,” presidential spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti wrote on Twitter.

“Let’s continue to celebrate in peace and show them our love and admiration!”

The crew had arrived within the early hours of Tuesday at Ezeiza Airport the place, regardless of it being round 3am (6am GMT), hundreds had been ready with banners, flags and flares to welcome dwelling their heroes.

By round noon, tens of millions had already congregated in downtown Buenos Aires, with main roads closed for the parade. People held up banners of Lionel Messi and late icon Diego Maradona, performed devices or climbed lampposts or bus stops.

The Argentine capital has been in social gathering mode for the reason that dramatic victory over France in Sunday’s closing in Qatar, which has helped masks financial woes within the South American nation battling one of many world’s highest inflation charges.

The victory made the nation world champions for the primary time since Maradona lifted the trophy in 1986 and the third in complete.

The authorities made Tuesday a nationwide vacation to permit followers to have a good time the win.

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