The curious story behind ‘Muchachos’, the music that grew to become Argentina’s anthem in Qatar

Argentina has already put a soundtrack to the movie of its journey within the World Cup in Qatar. The gamers of the nationwide workforce, the 40,000 followers in Doha and the hundreds of thousands of Argentines 13,000 kilometers away have adopted the identical rallying cry: Boys, now we’re excited once more. An unofficial hymn that they sing after every recreation, after every victory.

After the defeat in opposition to Saudi Arabia of their debut within the World Cup, got here the 2-0 victory in opposition to Mexico. In the locker room of the Lusail stadium in Doha, Messi and the remainder of the Albiceleste gamers jumped, sang, waved their shirts and sang the music. Muchachos, ahora nos vamos vomvemos a illusionar is a tuned model of a music by La Mosca, an Argentinean band that mixes rock and pop and is thought in Spain for its hit Para no verte más (1999).

After the demise of Diego Armando Maradona, Fernando Romero, a younger Argentine, rewrote the lyrics of the unique music, Muchachos, tonight I get drunk remembering his deceased idol. It was September 2021. Romero and two mates sang it earlier than the cameras within the neighborhood of the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, the place Argentina and Bolivia had been taking part in a qualifying spherical exactly for the World Cup in Qatar.

“I used to be born in Argentina, land of Diego and Lionel”

La Mosca’s vocalist, Guillermo Novelis, heard it and his band determined to file the brand new model and launch it earlier than the beginning of the World Cup. The music begins by making express reference to the 2 best icons of Argentine soccer: “I used to be born in Argentina, the land of Diego and Lionel, from the youngsters of the Malvinas Islands, whom I’ll always remember.”

“It is the magic that happens when a music hits arduous within the hearts of the individuals and unites them in a typical purpose that’s to encourage our nationwide workforce,” Novelis informed Argentina’s Semana. Even Messi himself acknowledged earlier this 12 months on Argentine tv that this was his favourite soccer music.

“The first time I noticed the gamers singing it, Acuña was within the foreground, and I used to be dying, then I noticed Lautaro, De Paul, individuals I noticed in Racing and defending the colours of my nation. Seeing them there It’s a particular feeling,” explains Fernando Romero to Infobae.

It is the soundtrack of a movie with out an end result but. To discover out if it’s going to have a contented ending or not, we must wait till Sunday. If Leo Messi lifts the third World Cup for his nation, within the subject, the stands and all through Argentina Muchachos will rumble, now we’re excited once more.