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Argentina team receive hero's welcome after landing in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - DECEMBER 20: Lionel Messi, Claudio Tapia, Lionel Scaloni get off the plane with the FIFA World Cup during the arrival of the Argentina men's national football team after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on December 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)

THOUSANDS OF fans have given Argentina's football squad a hero's welcome in Buenos Aires after the plane carrying Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning team-mates returned home.

The plane landed at Ezeiza airport in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with the players quickly turning to celebrations while they wore their medals and held the trophy aloft.

Take a look at some of the celebrations below.

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - DECEMBER 20: Fans of Argentina celebrate in the Ricchieri highway holding flares before the arrival of the Argentina men's national football team after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on December 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Rodrigo Valle/Getty Images)

Argentina's supporters cheer Argentina's players as they drive past on board a bus celebrating after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament as they leave Ezeiza International Airport en route to the Argentine Football Association (AFA) training centre in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on December 20, 2022. (Photo by TOMAS CUESTA / AFP) (Photo by TOMAS CUESTA/AFP via Getty Images)

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - DECEMBER 20: (L-R) Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Otamendi celebrate on the bus during the arrival of the Argentina men's national football team after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on December 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Rodrigo Valle/Getty Images)

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - DECEMBER 20: Lionel Messi holds the FIFA World Cup during the arrival of the Argentina men's national football team after winning the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on December 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)