Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernandez, has decreed a national holiday on Tuesday, December 20, to welcome the Albiceleste national team and celebrate its victory in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The Executive, who has taken this decision through a Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU), has excluded from the rule the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) and banks, which will work until 12.00 (local time).
The players of the Argentine national team will arrive at Ezeiza International Airport, near the capital, at around 01.00 a.m. (local time) from where they will go to rest and then lead, from 12.00 noon, a caravan from the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to the Obelisk in Buenos Aires to celebrate the title obtained in Qatar, as reported by the Argentine agency Télam.
Argentina’s national team was proclaimed world champion for the third time in its history after defeating France this Sunday in the penalty shootout of the final of the World Cup in Qatar (3-3 and 4-2 on penalties), a match that was followed by 9,082,000 viewers (57.8 percent) in La 1 of TVE, a figure that rose to 11,214,000 during extra time (66.2 percent), as reported Monday by the public corporation. La 1 de TVE the penalties that made Argentina proclaim world champion against France.
In addition, it has indicated that the complete match (match, extra time and penalties) has averaged 9,802,000 viewers and a 60.8 percent share, the most watched of the World Cup without Spanish participation. Penalties are the second most watched event of this World Cup in Qatar and of this year on television, after the Spain-Morocco penalty shootout (12.6 million and 70 percent).
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
