Anxiety gave way to endless memes

If five million people took to the streets in December to celebrate the title in the Qatar World Cup and try to see the passage of the microphone with the heroes of The staircase, we should not expect a little excitement in the first home game of the Argentine team after the feat in the World Cup. This Thursday 23, at the Monumental, more than 80,000 fans will be able to pay tribute to Lionel Messi and company. But more than a million ended up in the Deportick platform’s virtual queue to bet on getting tickets for the friendly match against Panama, which ended after 4 p.m.

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The sale began at 2:00 p.m. and the desperation was reflected in the thousands of testimonials on social media from fans who stood in front of the computer in order to achieve the feat. There was everything, the desperation, realizing they were way behind in the payroll, the faith in abundance, and the jokes, turned into memes.

From comparing the crowds waiting for campus in the Obelisk versus queuing at Deportick’s virtual gates to the hilarious image of an elderly Messi, which represents how he would physically look if most relegated fans online were achieving their goal.

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Tanba’s concern is nonetheless: it is the first performance in the country of the world champions (and the Copa América in Brazil, and the Finalissima against Italy) after the feat in Qatar. There will be a second presentation, but in Santiago del Estero: Tuesday 28, the team led by Lionel Scaloni will host Curaçao at the Madre de Ciudades stadium. There, it is expected that with some modifications (such as the removal of stalls) they will have the ability to encourage some 50,000 spectators.

The prices of tickets for the Monumental ranged from 12,000 pesos to the popular the cheapest ($7,000 for children up to 10 years old) and 49,000 (the most expensive, average of San Martín and Belgrano). For its part, since Argentine Football Association They indicated that on the day of the match, the doors of the hall located in the Núñez neighborhood will open five hours before the start of the match (time to be confirmed) so that people leave early, because there will be three musical performances. One before the game with Panama, another that will applaud at halftime and a recital at the end of the game.

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