Fans of the Argentine team that claimed football's ultimate prize in Qatar this month are lining up in Buenos Aires for tattoos of victorious captain Lionel Messi and the World Cup trophy.
For the next two weeks, I have (appointments) exclusively related to the World Cup, tattoo artist Esteban Vucinovich told AFP in the capital.
Some had already made an appointment for tattoos of snakes or skulls, but they are changing it to Messi or the Cup. I have two or three appointments a day.
The most requested skin art is of the trophy, said Vucinovich, followed by Messi and then goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez who was crucial in the victory of the Albiceleste in the final against France.
I got a tattoo of Messi as a gesture of thanks, civil servant Nicolas Rechanik told AFP.
This represents not only what Messi is but also the team that brought us a third World Cup and all the years of effort to reach this goal.
It's a perfect representation of what Argentine football is and what it means to be Argentine, he said.
Football fanatic Alma Ocampo, 20, decided to get a tattoo when, to everyone's surprise, Argentina lost its first match of the World Cup to Saudi Arabia.
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