Among the few who wore the albiceleste shirt there was a couple: Florencia, an Argentine by birth, and Alan, a Mexican.
#EnFotos This was the triumph of Argentina over Mexico in Qatar
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Lionel Messi controls the ball during the match Mexico vs Argentina of Group C of the Qatar 2022 World Cup this Saturday, November 26 at the Lusail Stadium.
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Messi was the starter for the Argentine National Team this Saturday, November 26, and reached 21 matches played in World Cups, with which he reached Maradona as the Argentine player with the most matches played in the competition.
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Cristian Romero of Argentina and Raúl Jiménez of Mexico during the match that ended 2-0 in favor of Argentina.
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Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 1-0 at minute 64. With this, he caught up with Maradona as the Argentine with the most World Cup appearances.
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Ochoa was unable to stop the ball that scored Messi’s goal for the score 1-0 at 64′.
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Enzo Fernández and Lionel Messi celebrate the goals they scored to leave a 2-0 score against Mexico.
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Argentina fans celebrate the victory of their team in the Group C match of Qatar 2022.
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Enzo Fernández and Lionel Messi celebrate the goals they scored to leave a 2-0 score against Mexico.
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The players of the Mexican National Team leave dejected after the second goal scored by Argentina; the first marked by Lionel Messi at 64′ and the second by Enzo Fernández at 87′.
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This was the lineup of the Mexican National Team to start the game against Argentina at the Lusail Stadium.
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The lineup of the Argentine National Team prior to the match played at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail City, Qatar.
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“I had promised him that I was going to wear the Argentina shirt this day, but clearly my heart is with Mexico,” said Alan, a 28-year-old boxer.
“I am very nervous, very anxious, there are very few chances of continuing in the World Cup,” confessed Florencia, 38 and an accountant, while on the screen the rapporteur pointed out the latent risk that Lionel Messi’s elimination at halftime would be consummated. .
The second half progressed. The waiters came and went with cuts of meat, empanadas, choripanes, drinks and so on. The game had half an hour left to play and at minute 64 Lionel Messi made it 1-0. Enzo Fernández secured the victory at 87 with 2-0.
“As a Mexican, I’m obviously sad,” lamented Alan, the boxer, and revealed his mixed feelings “because hopes fell from the first goal, but I’m happy for the Argentines and for being with her (Florencia).”
#InPhotos | This is how the defeat of Mexico against Argentina was lived in CDMX
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This Saturday, the Argentine team defeated Mexico. In Mexico City, sad faces of the fans who attended the Monument to the Revolution to watch the game could be seen.
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This Saturday, fans gathered at the Monument to the Revolution to watch the match between Mexico and Argentina.
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Thousands of fans and entire families from different municipalities of Mexico City, the metropolitan area and other entities of the country took advantage of the weekend to express their support for the tricolor.
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#InPhotos | This is how Mexico’s defeat against Argentina was experienced in CDMX
Cash that provide security in the area and in the vicinity of the Angel of Independence remained alert to the possible concentration of people to celebrate the result at the end of the game. However, after the defeat of the Mexican National Team, the fans withdrew from the place.
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#InPhotos | This is how Mexico’s defeat against Argentina was experienced in CDMX
There was no lack of bugles, clappers, flags, wigs and faces painted in the national colors.
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#InPhotos | This is how Mexico’s defeat against Argentina was experienced in CDMX
As part of the FIFA Fan Festival 2022, a security and surveillance device was established with 130 elements and five units. In addition, an ERUM team was on site to help in any emergency.
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#InPhotos | This is how Mexico’s defeat against Argentina was experienced in CDMX
There was no lack of bugles, clappers, flags, wigs and faces painted in the national colors.
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#InPhotos | This is how Mexico’s defeat against Argentina was experienced in CDMX
Fans watch the game of the Mexican soccer team, which participates in the world cup in Qatar, on the first day of Flow Fest 2022 at the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome.
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Florencia, who wore an Argentine flag made with makeup on both cheeks, jumped from her seat as if propelled by a spring at each goal scored by the Albiceleste. “I’m happy, there were a lot of nerves and when Messi’s first goal fell we already relaxed a bit,” she said at the end of the game.
“I’m happy because we’re still in the race, maybe suffering from it, but it does look like we can win the Cup; we’re good candidates.”
Tacos and mariachis in Buenos Aires
In the Palermo neighborhood, one of the most famous in Buenos Aires, is “La Fábrica del Taco”, an establishment very similar to the popular taco shops in Mexico City.