A passenger on a flight from Buenos Aires to Barcelona decided he wasn't going to miss the match between Argentina and Egypt in the round of 16 of the , and he purchased the in-flight wifi service to follow it live. What started as an individual gesture ended up turning the entire cabin into an improvised stadium at 10,000 meters above sea level.
The passenger got up from his seat, laptop in hand, so that the rest could see, and gradually the other travelers on the flight gathered around his screen. The video, shared by El Español on Instagram, went viral within hours.
The match that sparked madness in the clouds could not have been more dramatic. Argentina found itself trailing 0-2: Yasser Ibrahim opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a header from a corner, and Mostafa Ziko extended the Egyptian lead in the 67th minute. To make matters worse, Lionel Messi missed a penalty in the 21st minute, saved by goalkeeper Mohamed Sobeir, making him the player with the most missed penalties in World Cup history, with four.
But in just 14 minutes, the Argentine team staged one of the most epic comebacks of the tournament. Cristian "Cuti" Romero scored with a header in the 79th minute, Messi redeemed himself with a spectacular volley in the 83rd to equalize, and Enzo Fernández scored the decisive 3-2 with another header in stoppage time.
It was precisely in those final moments when the screams of the passengers echoed in the cabin, and in the video, you can hear the collective uproar of those who experienced Argentina's qualification without stepping foot in any stadium.
It was the first historical encounter between Argentina and Egypt in a World Cup, and those who witnessed it on that flight will hardly forget it.
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