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Messi’s team arrived in Argentina via Rome from Qatar. The plane carrying the World Cup winners landed in Buenos Aires at 2.20 pm local time. Argentina won the World Cup after 36 years after defeating France 4-2 in the tiebreaker in the final on Sunday. Lionel Messi receives his elusive World Cup trophy.

The countrymen are eagerly waiting to welcome Messi and catch a glimpse of the World Cup trophy. Such success of Messi-Di Maria has gathered a crowd of football fans in Buenos Aires, the capital of the country. Millions of people took to the streets to celebrate the victory. Looking at the capital of Argentina, it seems as if a storm of people has begun.

The last time Maradona lifted the World Cup trophy was in Mexico in 1986.