Crowd waiting for Maradona

"El Diego is not going"

A reception at the level of myth, but far from reality. This experienced the arrival of the Argentina after the elimination in the World Cup. With Diego Maradona as an icon for massive support, more than 10 000 people packed the field of Richieri highway linking the International Airport with the property that the Argentine Football Association has in Ezeiza. "El Diego is not going," was the hit of the afternoon. An evening that began with the delay characteristic of a plane that departed at 1134 (when South Africa) in Johannesburg, an hour and a half later than expected. AR1947 The flight arrived in our country to 17.21 and from that moment of madness ensued.  With more public than the selected fired before leaving for South Africa, the 23 players and coaches of Argentina returned to the country after the elimination in the World Cup with 4-0 defeat against Germany.The micro greeted them at the track and the players went straight to the venue of the AFA in Ezeiza, but they were not alone. Thousands of supporters, with banners, drums and T-shirts waited for the squad alongside the highway. The road led albiceleste to the property, where no shortage of fireworks, the tokens of affection and the strange mixture between those who came to support the team and those who did so in school buses or banners showed Boca Bar . "With players and coaching staff. The World 12," read one banner. Meanwhile, blue and yellow umbrellas also said this.

This was the return of selection

"We came to support Maradona" was the comment most heard in the Ministro Pistarini Airport. "If we won would come all, but should be encouraged through good times and bad," added the fans

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