Although we Argentines are the ones who are enjoying winning the World Cup the most, many international artists joined the celebration and congratulated Argentina (some before the game, others during and/or after). In this note we tell you some!
“Beautiful start to the week, right?”. Argentina became world champion in Qatar on Sunday December 18 against France. After 36 years, the National Team won this title for the third time and the country exploded with emotion and happiness. However, Argentines were not the only ones who celebrated. Many artists from all over the world joined the celebration and congratulated the team, its players and Lionel Messiof course.
There were many celebrities who did not want to be left out of the party and came out to share their emotions, celebrations and congratulations to the Argentine National Team. From singers and athletes, to businessmen, actors and other artists. Some did so before the match, making their preference for the team clear, while others commented during and/or after the final.
Although we are going to try to focus on the Hollywood celebrities who shared messages on the networks, we do not want to fail to mention a few more celebrities. From the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, runners of Formula 1 (Sergio “Checo” Perez, Carlos SainzFernando Alónzo, George Russell), neymar and the tennis player Roger Federer. Even singers like Ricky Martin, daddy yankee, Bad Bunny, Resident, Michael Buble, the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, readand many more.
In the run-up to the game and after the victory we had, as was the custom every time Argentina played, Chris Mintz-Plasseknown for his role as MacLovin in the film Super cool. The actor has been following our National Team for years and every time he tweeted something related to the team, the responses were filled with Argentines.
On the other hand, the actor Ashton Kutcher He shared a selfie of himself in the preview of the game with the Argentina shirt on and in the description he put: “For Messi”. Also, other actors who joined in to congratulate the team and applaud La Pulga after the victory were Ben Stiller and Russell Crowe.
Secondly, Jamie Bell, British actor known for playing Billy Elliott, especially congratulated the Dibu Martinez remembering his passing through Arsenalas elliott he is a big fan of the english team. ”Very happy for him…once a Gooner (as the fans of the Arsenal) etc”.
One that surprised more than one with her posts was the renowned actress Jamie Lee Curtis, recognized for her work on the saga Halloween. Lee Curtis shared a reel of Messi receiving the Cup and taking it to the rest of the team and reposted three images of the captain of the National Team celebrating with his family.
Another actress who showed her soccer facet was Reese witherspoonwho was nervous during the game and, after the victory of La Scaloneta, congratulated Argentina and Messi through its instagram.
On the other hand, we have two other actresses who supported Argentina that are not surprising: Anya Taylor-Joy and Zoe Saldana. The first, considered Argentine by many because of the ties she has with the country and the years she lived here, shared a video in her stories of instagram while watching the game. In it, a celebration of her is heard when she shows it to the Captain of the Selection and wrote: “messiii”.
Instead, Zoe Saldana, the renowned actress Avatar Y Guardians of the Galaxy who drinks mate on the recording sets, also posted an image of a ball with the Argentine flag and shared three other victory posts on his Instagram stories.
How could it be otherwise, the Argentine film director, Andy Muschiettishared in his instagram A photo of Lionel Messi with the World Cup and wrote: “My heart explodes. How you deserved it @leomessi!!! Thank you Argentina.”
On the other hand, and although they did not clarify which side they stood on, other actors who joined the comments of the world final in Qatar were Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. The Australian actor, once the game was over, tweeted: “Sensational tournament @FIFAWorldCup!!! With herculean efforts from both teams. #ArgentinaVsFrance #WorldCupFinal”. Instead, the Canadian known for playing deadpool wrote: “OMG #FIFAWorldCup. This game is a beautiful and evil curse. I love him so much, please stop.”
To close we bring three more. One is so they don’t lose the habit of seeing news about him: Elon Musk, the head of Twitter, was present at the match and uploaded several videos to his profile.
From a similar side, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, He also tweeted his astonishment at the Cup final match: “One of the best games I’ve ever seen. Congratulations, Argentina!”
Last but not least, we bring you a tweet from Yoichi Takahashithe creator of the cartoon super champions. The cartoonist shared a message from the stadium where the final was played and said it was a “legendary match”. “I watched the Qatar World Cup final there. How was the last world cup Messi, I expected to see him lift the World Cup. But beyond that, the match itself turned out to be the best ever.”wrote.
Luckily, there are many other celebrities who shared their emotions in the final and congratulations to the Argentine National Team, but for now we leave you with these and continue celebrating that we are world champions.