The unbridled celebration in Bangladesh for the victory of Argentina: from the crowd that turned off a giant screen to the landlord in the Albiceleste shirt

Argentina’s 2-0 triumph against Mexico was celebrated throughout the country. Nearly 50 million people vibrated with goals from Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernández. Hardly a smaller portion, compared to the 166 million people who live there Bangladesh, the other home of La Scaloneta. Curiosity is already a reality: the Asian country vibrates with blues and whites as if it were another province. And with the great triumph against El Tri it was felt again.

Giant screens, crowded squares and even a local television presenter who presented the summary of the match in the Argentine’s jacket. On the eve of the match, when the news from a Bengali channel took to the streets to talk to the fans, the presenter wore the same purple shirt that the team will wear next Wednesday against Poland, in a game that will cripple both nations.

At Daffodil University – a private institution located in Dhaka, which welcomes 21,000 students – the authorities have installed a giant screen to follow everything that happened between the albiceleste and Mexico. With Enzo Fernández’s goal, which closed the match, the fans went up to the stage and they jumped so hard they ended up disconnecting the image.

It wasn’t even close to the single point of celebration. Is that videos of other celebrations across the country have gone viral on social networks. With almost nine hours more than in Buenos Aires, the closing match against Martino’s team found them around 1 in the morning. They had no problems: they started with banners and celebrations in the streets, which lasted until after 3, according to that country’s tweeters.

In the previous crossing against Mexico, the Bengals had already shown signs of support hang flags on the terraces of the buildings from various cities. During the match against Arabia, the long faces of the fans injured by the unexpected backlash could be seen.

That’s why Bangladesh became a trend on Twitter Y It was filled with messages from Argentines thanking the national team for their love. “It’s 3am in Bangladesh and they’re out partying in the street, I really love them,” wrote one user on Twitter. Others have asked the team to organize a friendly there as soon as possible as a sign of gratitude.

An inexplicable love, with Diego as the engine

The love story of the Asian giant with Argentina is not a passing thing in this World Cup. In June of this year, a violent brawl broke out between around 300 fans of La Albiceleste and Brazil seven wounded and shipwrecked in Dhaka. They are serious fans.

The affection for Argentina and for the blue and white colors is also explained in the legacy of Diego Maradona and in his exploits against England in 1986. All that region suffered in its own flesh the dominance of the British crown for decades, and Fluff represented epic and justice like no other with his two goals in Mexico.

Last year they took to the streets to celebrate the triumph of Scaloni’s team in the Copa América, despite the fact that they live thousands of kilometers from Argentine territory, do not speak Spanish and do not know their culture. But they love their football.