Joel Julien

The Am­bas­sador of Ar­genti­na to T&T, Marce­lo Suarez Salvia says he cried "tears of hap­pi­ness" to­day as his coun­try was able to win the 2022 World Cup.

This is Ar­genti­na's third time win­ning the World Cup over­all.

"I am per­son­al­ly hap­py be­cause I want­ed my five chil­dren to wit­ness Ar­genti­na win­ning a World Cup. I had the priv­i­lege to see it won 1978, 1986 and to­day," Suarez Salvia told Guardian Me­dia.

Suarez Salvia is cur­rent­ly on va­ca­tion in El Sal­vador with his fam­i­ly where they watched the game.

"Ar­genti­na was long­ing for a Word Cup since 1986. We made it to the fi­nal six times and won on­ly three (count­ing to­day’s). The peo­ple of Ar­genti­na are crazi­ly hap­py," Suarez Salvia said.

"We are hap­py for Mes­si’s achieve­ment. And for all those young and tal­ent­ed war­riors that joined the na­tion­al team re­cent­ly. And for Li­onel Scaloni, our coach, who won Amer­i­c­as Cup and now the World Cup," he said.

Ar­genti­na's En­zo Fer­nan­dez won the Young Play­er of the tour­na­ment, while the team's goal­keep­er Emil­iano Mar­tinez won the Gold­en Glove award, and Mes­si won the Gold­en Ball.