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The incidents came as millions of people lined the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate La Albiceleste’s dramatic win over France

World Cup Final stop could not have arrived at a more crucial moment and saved the Messi fairytale from a tragic ending.

Argentina talisman Lionel Messi has paid a touching tribute to Diego Maradona in the wake of La Albiceleste's victory over France in the World Cup final at the weekend

Hundreds of thousands - millions by some estimates - of ecstatic Argentines flooded onto the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to cheer the country's World Cup-winning football squad led by Lionel Messi after their plane landed in the pre-dawn hours. The team arrived in the early hours at Ezeiza…

The Argentina squad have gone on an open-top bus parade around Buenos Aires after returning home following their World Cup win in Qatar, with Lionel Messi showing off the trophy

The Argentinian was pivotal as Barcelona took a 3-0 lead to Anfield but saw his side capitulate in one of Liverpool's most famous European nights

Argentina’s celebrations nearly took a disastrous turn in the streets of Buenos Aires.

Lionel Messi woke up alongside the trophy of his dreams on Tuesday morning after lifting the World Cup with Argentina.

As Argentina’s World Cup triumph saw Messi ascend to a place where only the footballing gods reside, he was carried on the wings of Angel