The story behind the song that Scaloni’s team turned into their own anthem

The Argentina national team raised his second title in less than twelve months after beating Italy 3-0 at Wembley. This meant that he won the Final 2022 from the hand of a Lionel Messi who asserts himself as group leader and a team that fights behind. The players celebrated on the pitch and also in privacy.

On the pitch, the cameras captured the smiles of a group of players who had grown accustomed to winning as they lifted the trophy. The emotion cannot be hidden. Behind closed doors, the same athletes through social media have brought the party closer to people who have experienced it as something of their own.

Several songs were sung in the bus that moved the Albiceleste team led by Lionel Scaloni songs in an atmosphere of total joy. Yell out, jostlingT-shirts that flew, bottles in the air and lyrics that were sung in a euphoric atmosphere total back to the hotel.

But one topic stood out among the majority and caught the attention of Internet users. An anthem that the Argentine team has adopted as their own and which has a particular history since it was born on television.

The topic is not very well known by fans in general, but it has become famous thanks to TyC Sport. In the preview of the match against Bolivia for the South American Qualifiers, an Argentine fan walked up to the cameras and sang a song he made up with his friends and that yesterday was sung by Lionel Messi himself and by the entire national team at the celebrations.

The text refers to the thrilling final won at the Maracana against Brazil in July. The memory of Diego Maradona and that of the fighters who died in the war of the Malvinas also appears. Also cited are the pain of lost finals and the illusion of the next goal: the Qatar World Cup 2022.

The texts of the new theme of the Selection

I was born in Argentina, land of Diego and Lionel, of the Malvinas boys that I will never forget.

I cannot explain it to you, because you will not understand, I have cried for how many years we have lost the finals.

But it’s over, because at the Maracana the final with the brazucas was once again won by dad.

Guys now we are excited again, I want to win the third, I want to be world champion.

And we can see Diego in heaven, with Don Diego and La Tota cheering Lionel on.

The intimacy of the celebrations

Through social media it was possible to see how first in the locker room and then on the bus to return to the concentration, the Albicelestes players celebrated by obtaining the Grand Final, after the great performance against Italy in the legendary Wembley stadium in London.

The photos in the changing rooms, almost all with Lionel Messi as a shoulder, multiplied and flooded the stories and stories of each of the Scaloneta members. One in particular has provoked thousands of reactions: Nicolás Otamendi made a video call with Sergio Kun Agüero to make him participate in the celebrations for the title.

Some time later, the party moved to the bus, where they became even more Argentine: the Finalissima trophy was transformed into a giant glass from which Fernet was drunk with cola that was passed from hand to hand to replenish energy.