Argentina: Fan jumps and misses national team bus at World Cup celebration (video)

STORY: They wanted to be very close to their soccer heroes during the World Cup Victory Parade. In a suburb of the Argentine capital, two fans of the national team around superstar Lionel Messi tried to jump into the footballers’ open bus. An eyewitness filmed the scene. One of the two men landed on the car, the other bounced off and fell onto the street. It was not immediately known whether he sustained any injuries. The triumphal procession, which was scheduled to last eight hours, was canceled due to security concerns about the millions of fans. Lionel Messi and his teammates jumped into a helicopter and flew away. The fans clogged the streets so the players’ bus couldn’t make it to the huge obelisk in the center of town. In the evening there were clashes between fans and the police. Officials attempted to remove two fans from the top of the obelisk. Rioting football fans, some wearing Argentina national team jerseys, were seen throwing objects at riot police. There was looting. The Argentine national team defeated defending champions France in the World Cup final in Qatar last Sunday. Since the victory, the players in Argentina have been celebrated boisterously by countless fans.