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Latin Times
Latin Times
Sport
Héctor Ríos Morales

World Champions: One Year Later, Argentina Still Dreams of that December Night in Qatar

More than a million fans celebrated Argentina's 2022 World Cup title in the streets of Buenos Aires (Credit: RODRIGO ABD AP/Via elpais.com)

After a wait of more than 36 years, Argentina became world champions with a dramatic penalty shoot-out that ended with Gonzalo Montiel's strike, sending Argentina into a days-long frenzy that paralyzed the South American country and even some parts of the world.

One year since Lionel Messi and company lifted Argentina's third FIFA World Cup title in the city of Doha, Qatar, we look at how much it meant to Argentinians and soccer fans around the globe.

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