Lionel Messi surpasses Ronaldo: Messi’s World Cup win post becomes most liked post on Instagram

New Delhi: Not just on the field, but Argentinian legend Lionel Messi is breaking records off the field too. The post shared by Messi on his Instagram handle after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022, has become the most liked post ever. Here too, Messi has surpassed his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve this feat.

 

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Messi’s post with multiple pictures of him and his team lifting the cup, along with a heartfelt note in the caption has received more than 54 million likes on the internet. Previously, Cristiano Ronaldo’s post featuring him and Messi in the Louis Vuitton pre-World Cup shoot reached more than 42 million likes and broke the internet.

 

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Sharing the post, the World Cup-winning captain wrote that he always dreamt of being the world champion and still cannot believe that it came true. He thanked his family and fans in Argentina for their love and support. Lionel Messi wrote that the merit of this World Cup-winning team is above individuals and they fought for a common goal and achieved it.

With 7 Ballon d’Or, Golden Ball in the 2014 World Cup, a Copa America win and various other laurels, only the World Cup trophy was missing from Messi’s cabinet and now his dream has come true. In the game, Messi scored off a penalty and Angel Di Maria scored a spectacular goal in the first half to give Argentina a lead. Kylian Mbappe scored two back-to-back goals to level the score in the second half.

The game saw one more goal each from Messi and Mbappe as the teams entered the penalties. Martinez showed his class in the penalties and won the World Cup for Argentina.