{"id":23947,"date":"2022-12-22T09:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/fan-extravaganza-in-qatar-as-argentina-win-2022-world-cup"},"modified":"2022-12-22T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:53:51","slug":"fan-extravaganza-in-qatar-as-argentina-win-2022-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/fan-extravaganza-in-qatar-as-argentina-win-2022-world-cup","title":{"rendered":"Fan extravaganza in Qatar as Argentina win 2022 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Packed with mostly Argentina fans, Lusail Stadium erupted in joy as La Albiceleste defeated France to win the World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The hard-fought victory for La Albiceleste in Sunday\u2019s dramatic final was decided on penalties after 120 minutes of normal and extra time ended in a 3-3 deadlock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are too many emotions,\u201d Argentina fan Luciana Aufat, 28, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels amazing to be here today to witness this win,\u201d she said, describing the first World Cup she attended as \u201ca fantastic tournament\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end, the vastly outnumbered France fans were disappointed. \u201cWe could have won. We had great chances to win,\u201d Les Bleus supporter Malcolm Joseph told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtremely good performance the boys. It was not our night. That is football sometimes,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p>After captain Lionel Messi lifted the coveted trophy, Argentina fans were still ecstatic as they exited Lusail Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Sofiann Vazquez, from Mar del Plata, Argentina, said she was in tears towards the end of the game. \u201cToday God was with us. This is one of the best moments in my life.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23943 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23944 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23945 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_1_3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Packed with mostly Argentina fans, Lusail Stadium erupted in joy as La Albiceleste defeated France to win the World Cup in Qatar. The hard-fought victory for La Albiceleste in Sunday\u2019s dramatic final was decided on penalties after 120 minutes of normal and extra time ended in a 3-3 deadlock. \u201cThere are too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11,17],"tags":[233,245,241,514],"class_list":["post-23947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-photo","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-mauritius","tag-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fan extravaganza in Qatar as Argentina win 2022 World Cup - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/fan-extravaganza-in-qatar-as-argentina-win-2022-world-cup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fan extravaganza in Qatar as Argentina win 2022 World Cup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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