Argentina’s World Cup winners abandon parade as millions flock on to streets

Football fans welcome home the Argentine soccer team after it won the World Cup (Victor Caivano/AP/PA)

A parade to celebrate Argentina’s World Cup winners was abruptly cut short on Tuesday as millions of people poured on to roads and overpasses in a chaotic attempt to catch a glimpse of the national team that won one of the greatest finals of all time.

So many jubilant, flag-waving fans swarmed the capital that the players had to abandon the open-top bus transporting them to Buenos Aires and get on helicopters for a flyover of the capital that the government billed as an aerial parade.