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PHOTOS: Millions jam Buenos Aires streets to celebrate World Cup win

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The Argentine soccer team that won the World Cup title ride on top of an open bus during their homecoming parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)


A parade to celebrate the Argentine World Cup champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured onto thoroughfares, highways and overpasses in a chaotic attempt to catch a glimpse of the national team that won one of the great World Cup finals of all time.

So many jubilant, flag-waving fans swarmed the capital that the players had to abandon the open-air bus transporting them to Buenos Aires and board helicopters for a capital flyover that the government billed as an aerial parade.

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