Thousands of Bangladeshis spent many hours on Wednesday night celebrating with their souls Argentina’s qualifying victory over Poland, raising questions even among the Argentines themselves with images that crossed the Atlantic and showed them equally enthusiastic celebrations in Dhaka. in Buenos Aires.

No, the Bangladeshis have no… precedents with Poland. But they need to identify with some of the teams that flood their TVs with high-quality football the likes of which the Asian country has never enjoyed within its borders.

Football may be the second most popular sport in this former British colony in India, but it has millions of fanatical fans who follow Premier League teams with adoration, and at World Cups they make no secret of their preference for foreign national teams.

So, on Wednesday night, after Lionel Messi’s comfortable 2-0 victory over Poland, in which Argentina topped the group, thousands of people wearing T-shirts and Bangladeshi flags took to the main streets of Bangladesh’s big cities. Messi and other Argentina national team players.

According to Agence France-Presse, around 12,000 people gathered at Dhaka University Square alone to watch the match between Poland and Argentina on three huge screens. This large university is said to be the core of Argentina’s national fans in Bangladesh.

Tellingly, the Argentine TV channels temporarily interrupted the live broadcast of the celebration in the center of Buenos Aires, near the famous Obelisk, in order to go to Dhaka, which at the same time thundered with similar festivities in the streets.

“Buenos Aires; No, Bangladesh,” Argentine-based Telefe wrote on its screen, showing a wild celebration in Dhaka.

Source: Agence France-Presse, France 24, La Nacion, Telefe.