With the banner «Thanks Argentina», the Argentinas Airlines charter brought the Argentina national team to Buenos Aires at around 11 am.
With the banner «Thanks Argentina», the Argentinas Airlines charter brought the Argentina national team to Buenos Aires at around 11 am.
The first off the aircraft were the authorities of the AFA, Julio Grondona and Juan Carlos Crespi, followed by the coach, Alejandro Sabella, the coaching staff, and midfielder Enzo Pérez. Following him were Ezequiel Garay, Lucas Biglia, José Basanta and Rodrigo Palacios.
Applauded by those waiting, some of the last disembark were Javier Mascharano, Leo Messi and Ezequiel «Pocho» Lavezzi.
«This group gave everything and left everything on every play,» Sabella said when he stepped on Argentine soil.
With a strong presence by the Airport Security Police (PSA), a micro bus entered the runway to pick up the players and then proceeded to the grounds of the Argentina Football Association (AFA).
In a statement posted on the official website of the AFA, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will visit to the site of the AFA to greet and congratulate the team. «For this event the media will not have access,» the AFA said in the statement.
After the game, the President called coach Alejandro Sabella to «congratulate» the Argentine performance. «The President was reported to congratulate him and the staff for their performance and will receive them today, before traveling to El Calafate to attend the birthday of her grandson Ivan Nestor,» informed agency Telam.
From there, confirmed the secretary of security Sergio Berni, the team will travel in an open-top bus to the Obelisk.
In Ezeiza, several relatives of the players also received the players. The girlfriend of Ezequiel «Pocho» Lavezzi spoke with television channel TN: «I talked to him and asked him how he was. He said he was actually sad, like everyone else. But anyway now I’m tired from the trip.»
Source: clarín.com
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