Lionel Messi once again bested Cristiano Ronaldo with another feat earlier in the week.
After Messi led Argentina to their first World Cup success in 36 years with a win over France in Sunday’s final in Qatar, many soccer fans felt the No. 10 star had ended the debate over who is the greatest player of the modern era – if not all of them. time.
While this is a matter of opinion, facts and documents are much harder to dispute.
On Monday, Messi broke another by bragging about the most liked Instagram post of all time by an athlete.
Hours after finishing his trophy cabinet with the one major silverware that had eluded him thus far, Messi uploaded a 10-photo collection featuring a shot of himself with the World Cup in the air at the stadium of Lusail leads the pack.
In just 18 hours, the post surpassed 48 million likes and so surpassed the photo Ronaldo posted of himself and Messi playing chess in November as part of a marketing campaign for Louis Vuitton, which had just under 42 million likes.
” WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! “ Messi wrote in the caption of his post record.
“I’ve dreamed about it so many times, I wanted it so much that the penny still hasn’t gone down, I can’t believe it……
“Thank you so much to my family, everyone who supports me and everyone too [of those] who believed in us. We have shown once again that Argentines, when we fight together and are united, are capable of achieving what we set out to do.
“The credit goes to this group, which is above individuality. It is everyone’s strength to fight for the same dream, it was also the dream of all Argentines… We did it!!! » concludes, before writing “Come on Argentina, fuck!!!!! »
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Though Messi leads Ronaldo with the most liked message by a sportsman, his message still ranks second on the all-time list after the famous egg photo that received 56.2 million likes.
In terms of follower count, Ronaldo remains Instagram’s biggest star with 519 million followers, compared to Messi’s 400 million.
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