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Buenos Aires celebrates. Paris mourns. The capital cities of the two World Cup finalists both experience a dramatic evening.
Lionel Messi has won the spectacular duel with Kylian Mbappé. The superstar finally led his Argentina to the long-awaited World Cup triumph and brutally tore defending champions France from all their dreams. The mood in the respective capitals is accordingly.
All hell broke loose here.
“All hell is going on here,” says ARD correspondent Matthias Ebert. “Thousands of people line the streets of Buenos Aires.” It was the joy of winning the fight against France.
Argentina, a country that is currently struggling with many things itself: an ongoing economic crisis, increasing poverty and high inflation rates for years – this year around 90 percent.
He basically follows Maradona into hero status.
The World Cup title means everything, especially for Lionel Messi: “He follows Maradona into heroic status,” explains Ebert. He and the other players would be welcomed with the trophy tomorrow night or Tuesday in Buenos Aires. “There will be an incredible celebration. Argentines know how to party.”
It’s different in France: “In Paris, people go home. It’s relatively quiet, »SRF journalist Simone Hoffmann sums up the mood after the game. There would still be a few fireworks that would also be set off. “A little bit to say: the French team really worked hard to the end and deserves this second place.”
French President Emmanuel Macron is also likely to be hit hard by the defeat. “A World Cup victory would have given him a few plus points in the polls, even if not for long,” says Hoffmann.
And so in Paris tattoos will soon be upon us, while in Buenos Aires the party is only just beginning.