Providence saved Messi and his colleagues in the Argentine national team from the disaster of colliding with an electric wire in the middle of the road in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, while they were traveling by open bus to take them to a training center affiliated with the federation before moving again to the Obelisco Monument, where it was customary to celebrate sporting achievements in Argentina.

Video footage showed the players narrowly avoiding a group of electrical wires that were very close to the top of the bus, as Messi sat among colleagues in the celebration procession.

And the Argentine ESPN channel commented: “Watch out, electrical wires.”

With the players getting so close to the wire, Leonardo Paredes’ hat had already fallen, his head already touching the wire in dangerous moments that almost ruined the celebration at the start.