Every match won Argentine national teamBangladesh took to the streets to celebrate the victory, waving white flags.
The Bangladeshi craze is traveling around the world. On the streets, in their homes, in their rooms, in Bangladesh is a triumph Argentina vs France She experienced the same passion, suffering, and the same euphoria as in Argentina, but 17,000 kilometers away.
“I felt like I was going to have a heart attack! Even though I was confident… I knew they were going to win the cup. Messi didn’t deserve the cup, Messi deserved the cup,” says 25-year-old Anik Majumder. The year-old Bangladeshi lives in the capital, Dhaka, but traveled to watch the final to Pirojpur, a rural town in the southwest of the country.
“I’m so excited. They are the best! I love you Messi, I love you Di Maria, I love the whole team and Argentina!” This is how a Master of Science student describes his feelings.
phenomenon Argentina fans in Bangladesh It has a history of decades, but it has not had as much influence in this country as it has in Qatar World Cup 2022. Especially on social networks, images of large crowds of Bangladeshis celebrating each victory for Skaloneta once each match was over went viral. And that in this remote Asian country, the size of Uruguay, with a population of 166 million, it was 3 or 4 in the morning.
The impact was such that the green and red flags of Bangladesh started appearing at the festivities in Argentina.
The Dominican historian Blanca Mejía traced the origin of this intolerance to a historical episode. In 1942, in the famous “Battle of Singapore”, Winston Churchill’s United Kingdom cut off supplies to the people of Bangladesh, and then the eastern part of Pakistan, because they believed that the Bangladeshis could cooperate with Japan. This blockade caused the “Bengal Famine” of 1943.
in the 1986 World Cup, Argentina, led by Maradona, eliminated England Since then, the Bangladeshi enthusiasm for Argentina has been exhilarating.
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