BUENOS AIRES ( Associated Press) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez confirmed on social media Saturday that he would not travel to Qatar to watch the national team’s match against France because of superstition or the cabal, while the Argentine city is home to the World Cup’s grand finale. Preparing for finals. With various acts on Sunday that are expected to be massive.
Fernandez put an end to rumors that had circulated during the week by tweeting that, “like millions of compatriots”, he would be watching the game from home. “I will live this wonderful moment together with my people like never before. Our best will be on the field and a great fan will be in the stands. Besides, cabals are cabals,” the president said.
It is common in the Rio de la Plata to carry out a series of rituals or superstitions—completely individual, cabals—which they repeat to bring good luck to the team they support.
Argentina awoke on Saturday to an atmosphere of maximum anticipation and pre-celebration, with various events planned throughout the day to celebrate reaching the final of a new World Cup that millions are cherishing the dream of Lionel Messi. Messi and the Argentina team can bring the world. Cup to extend the exposure of Albiceleste’s conquest to South America.
In Rosario, the city where the Argentine megastar and one of this World Cup’s most outstanding players was born, a giant shirt emblazoned with Messi’s No. 10 was expected to hang from a crane near the flagpole near the monument, where the event will take place A banner that would be replicated simultaneously in other cities such as the capital Buenos Aires.