A celebratory moment for Lionel Messi and the Argentina men’s national team nearly turned disastrous upon the group’s return home on Tuesday.
While riding atop a bus through the streets of Buenos Aires to begin the nation-wide celebration of their dramatic victory over France in the World Cup final, Messi and a handful of teammates narrowly dodged a low-hanging street wire. Messi, along with Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi, didn’t see the cable approaching until the last second, but managed to move out of the way just in time.
The wire did narrowly clip Paredes, who lost his hat in the process, but thankfully the group of players were able to avoid a more serious incident and continue the celebration.
