After Argentina won the World Cup final and turned the city of Buenos Aires into a huge street party, tattoo artists worked hard to embody the image of Lionel Messi on the bodies of fans.

Lionel Messi tattoos, very fashionable in Argentina

The popularity of Leo began to compete with the popularity of the god Maradona on the bodies of Argentine fans, writes Reuters.

Millions of men and women took to the streets to meet the bus of the national team returning from Qatar. But after a night of partying, many rushed to tattoo parlors to order pictures of Messi.

“I knew a lot of people wanted a tattoo with Messi and the Argentina team because the orders were in before the final. But I could never have imagined that the next day there would be a line in the salon,” said artist Sebastian Arguello Paz.

“I decided not to do anything else, but when I saw Messi rooting for the trophy, I was sure it was worth capturing the moment,” said 44-year-old Ramiro Solis.

In addition, in addition to the face of the Argentine captain, fans draw the World Cup trophy, the Argentine flag or even quotes on his skin.

After the quarter-final against the Netherlands, the 68-year-old fan decided that if Argentina won the final, she would get a tattoo of the quote “what are you looking at, stupid” – the Argentina captain’s nervous shout at Wout Weghorst.