For the first time, the Argentina fans don’t care about winning the World Cup final. Ok, pause there, that’s not 100% true, but that’s the vibe the fans transmit. Correction: the Argentina fans don’t care that much about winning the World Cup final.
For the first time, the Argentina fans don’t care about winning the World Cup final. Ok, pause there, that’s not 100% true, but that’s the vibe the fans transmit. Correction: the Argentina fans don’t care that much about winning the World Cup final.
There’s a total atmosphere of joy in Doha. The fans gather every day, they have barbecues, they jump and sing. They sing even though no one is able to hear them, because the lack of a receiver isn’t a problem, the only thing that matters to them is to be able to deliver a message, to express themselves. Because they can’t ask for more: their team made it all the way to the end, the team gives them hope, and the fans are witnessing the best Messi scenes game by game after having traveled 8,000 miles and having spent a fortune.
The Messi-Maradona-Cristiano-God debate is over. People don’t care who’s the best and they know that 90 minutes of football won’t change things. Messi is big, huge, enormous. He demonstrated that in Brazil, during his 25-year career, even in Russia, and he’s demonstrating it in Qatar. He played more than 1,000 games, whatever happens on Sunday won’t mean a thing.
For the first time, Argentinians seem to care less about the result. I’ve spoken to a few of them, I’ve read their posts, and the feeling of relaxation is all over the place. The average fan is thankful for what they’re living. The fans listened to Scaloni and now they know that “whatever happens the sun will come up tomorrow”, and the team feels the same as well. The players jump, sing, they show themselves calmed and always with a smile on their faces.
The fans want to win? Of course, and so do the players, more than anyone, that’s not a discussion. But it seems that the Argentinians have finally understood that there are 206 teams playing the World Cup, that winning the tournament is almost impossible and that the most probable thing is that your team doesn’t make it to the final. Being one of the two teams to play the final game is a privilege…
