Five players of the Argentina team, including Lionel Messi, narrowly escaped an accident while celebrating their World Cup win.
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Argentina won the World Cup after 36 years after beating defending champions France in a tiebreaker at the Lucille Stadium on Sunday. The players returned home with the coveted trophy before dawn on Tuesday.
About 5 million people gathered in the capital Buenos Aires to welcome them. Argentina players go to the destination by open-top bus from the airport.
Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo de Paul, Messi, Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Otamendi sat on the roof at one end of the bus. They did not care to respond to the cheers of the fans.
He suddenly came forward. It looked like they were power cables. Messi quickly lowered his head and the other four. But you can get a little head injury. His head cap fell down on the wire.
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