Argentina had a short layover at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport before continuing their flight to Buenos Aires.
The newly-crowned World Cup champions stopped for less than one hour in Italy after leaving Qatar this morning. As reported by Gazzetta, Argentineans landed at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport at 14.30 local time (13.30 GMT), resuming their trip one hour later.
It will take circa 14 hours to get to the Argentinean capital from Rome.
La Repubblica reported that Pope Francis, who is Argentinean, could have met the team during their short stay in Italy, but it is still unclear whether the meeting happened.
Four Serie A players won the World Cup on Sunday after an epic Final against France: Juventus‘ Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes, Inter‘s Lautaro Martinez and Roma‘s Paulo Dybala.
The Bianconeri are now the club with the most World Cup winners in history, 27, followed by Bayern Munich and Inter.