Today an initiative of the AFA (Argentine Football Association) was announced together with the main Argentine TV stations and Tournaments: This Sunday at midnight the Argentine national anthem will be broadcast, sung by the Selecció playersno.
In this way, instead of using the usual version that is broadcast every day at midnight, this time Telefe, Eltrece, América, El Nueve, Net Tv and La Televisión Pública will broadcast this same special content at the same time.
The idea of this material given by Tournaments is that of motivate viewers on the eve of such a special day for Argentinians.
Thus Sunday will begin on Argentine television with the voices of the great protagonists of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
The change in Qatar 2022
It should be remembered that, until Russia 2018, the Argentine national anthem was heard without words, because FIFA limits each country’s anthems to 90 seconds. That’s why the Albiceleste was used to hearing only the introduction without text.
Thus, before the most emotional part was omitted, which is now heard in the stadiums of Qatar 2022, where for the first time at the World Cup Lionel Messi was seen singing the words at the top of his lungs.
The change came after Russia 2018 and the elimination of Argentina in the round of 16, when the team was led by Jorge Sampaoli and now coach Lionel Scaloni and his assistant Pablo Aimar have requested this small but significant change from FIFA.
Thus it was that from an Under 20 tournament in Valencia, Spain, the Argentina national team began to listen to the most emotional part of its anthem, the one that has the text and ends with an epic section: “…crowned with glory we live or we swear with glory to die!”
While this part of the anthem was also heard in the 2019 Copa América, as well as the 2021 Copa América where Argentina were champions, Qatar 2022 is the first World Cup to include the anthem with lyrics.
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Source: Clarin
