The Argentine National Team will have a special guest: who is he and why did Chiqui Tapia get him a ticket?

It can be said that Fernando Romero is the spiritual guide of the Argentine National Team and even a key man in obtaining the World Cup in Qatar. Although he did not play, the author of the lyrics “Muchachos…” emotionally collaborated so that an entire country would unite in search of the title.

Romero, like more than a million and a half people, tried to get a ticket to be at the party for the world champions, next Thursday in the friendly against Panama, but could not. He thought that he was going to want to enjoy this historic match, but an invitation from Chiqui Tapia, president of the AFA, got him excited again.

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“It is difficult for me to include thanks in a tweet. Today Chiqui Tapia contacted me to make me part of Thursday’s party, and that is largely thanks to you, who fell in love with the song, and wanted to give me this opportunity. My heart overflows. I love you ”, Romero wrote on his Twitter account.

It’s hard for me to get acknowledgments into a tweet. Today @tapiachiqui contacted me to make me part of the party on Thursday, and that is largely thanks to you, who fell in love with the song, and wanted to give me this opportunity. My heart overflows. I love.

— Fernando Romero ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@fnromero) March 20, 2023

Last Thursday, Romero had regretted not having been able to get tickets and his request was heard by the AFA authorities: “I lined up with my cell phone and computer. My wife, my dad and brother did the same, but none of us could get it. I couldn’t get any kind of ticket”, Fernando had said.

He also added: “I’m not one to mess around, I never messed with anything, neither before, nor during, nor in any note or anything. But I would like to have a contact, to know that they know of my existence, that they know who I am, the possibility of speaking with someone from AFA, leaders, players or whoever” to obtain a ticket for the friendly, said Romero.

Finally, this 30-year-old catechist will be part of the champion’s party. His prayers were answered.

Fernando Romero, the creator of “Muchachos”, the hit of the Argentine team. (Twitter Fernando Romero)

Who is Fernando Romero, the author of the song “Muchachos” that excited an entire country

Fernando Romero is 30 years old and is a teacher. He lives in the west of the Buenos Aires suburbs and from there he followed all the matches of the National Team in the World Cup in Qatar. At each celebration he listened, both in Doha and in Argentina, to the verses that he himself wrote.

“Boys, now we are excited again, I want to win the third, I want to be world champion”, the song that adapts to the rhythm of the well-known song by La Mosca became a hymn.

It was also adopted by the players themselves. In the preview of the first World Cup game, Lionel Messi acknowledged that it is his favorite song. The squad repeated it over and over again after winning the Finalissima against Italy in June of this year.

“Muchachos”, the favorite song of the Argentine National Team. (REUTERS/Molly Darlington)

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Fernando wrote the song while he was cooking. He was inspired, he says, by the version that, with the same melody, he sings to the fans of Racing, a team of which he is a fan. But he added the corresponding national condiments: Messi, Diego, the Malvinas kids and the unforgettable final won in Brazil in the last Copa América.

“I wanted to make a song that leaves aside that constant comparison and competition that existed for so long between Messi and Maradona. They are both ours, ”he says. And this is how the lyrics highlight it: “I was born in Argentina, land of Diego and Lionel.”

Then came contact with Guillermo Novellis, singer of La Mosca. They summoned him for the video clip and made him a participant in the theme as a co-author. For Fernando, nothing compares to hearing his song everywhere. “I dreamed of a group of friends singing it, that was already a lot,” he concluded.

What is the lyrics of Muchachos, the hit of the Argentine National Team

I was born in Argentina

Land of Diego and Lionel

From the kids of Malvinas

that I will never forget

I can’t explain it to you

because you will not understand

The finals we lost

How many years did I mourn her?

But that’s over

Because in the Maracana

The final with the brazucas

dad won it again

boys

Now we got excited again

I want to win the third

I want to be world champion

and Diego

From the sky we can see it

With Don Diego and La Tota

cheering him on lionel

boys

Now we got excited again

I want to win the third

I want to be world champion

and Diego

In the sky we can see it

With Don Diego and La Tota

Cheering on Lionel.