Also on social media: Messi’s post with the World Cup that helped him break another record in Qatar 2022

The whole world was waiting for what would happen in the Qatar 2022 final. Mostly the flashes were on the Argentine star Lionel Messi who, as confirmed, played his last World Cup as a player and had one more dream to erase in his long and glorious career studded with records: to win the World Cup.

And fate wanted him to erase that box and the Argentine national team, after 36 years, has returned to winning the top trophy. But not only that entry has been erased, but also that of some lesser records that are beginning to be valued in this age of technology.

The celebrations for obtaining the third World Cup, the previous ones in 1978 and 1986, were present all over the world and everyone expresses it on social networks. Messi himself was in charge make a post with a few words that came from the heart of the footballer who already has three titles with the Argentina national team (Copa América 2021, Finalissima and World Cup 2022) and a photo of the footballer lifting the trophy at the Lusail stadium.

“WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!! I dreamed about it so many times, I wanted it so much that I still haven’t crashed, I can’t believe it“, began the post that ended with thanks.

With that publication, he fulfilled two records All over the world. 22 hours after being published, it became the publication of an athlete who achieved the most ‘likes’ (49,061,526). Crazy.

Not only that, but all over the world on Instagram he made another one: he entered second place of the posts with the most “likes”” on the platform. It’s just behind a photo of a chicken egg, which he added 56,220,367.

But beyond the technology and the new stadiums, Lio has broken purely football records in this World Cup. Despite being 35 years old and facing – or having teammates – players with an average age of 22, Messi has made the difference and established numbers that amaze for their validity over time.

He became the footballer more goals add up in the selection Argentina at the World Cup with a total of 13 beating former forward Gabriel Batistuta (10). Furthermore, it is the First Argentinian to score goals in 4 World Cups beating historians Diego Armando Maradona and Batistuta (3).

Other than that, it’s also the first Argentinian to play 5 World Cups, record set by Maradona and Jefecito Javier Mascherano with 4. Following his repeated participation in the ecumenical competition, the star became the player with more minutes on the pitch at the World Cup (2,314) surpassing the Italian Paolo Maldini (2,217).

With 26 matches is the player who more appearances at the World Cup he had taken the place of German Lothar Matthäus who has 25. In all those games he also won first place being the player with most assists in World Cup since 1966 with 8, corresponding to Maradona.

Also, from this World Cup, it is the player who He played several days in the Argentina national team with 6,322 beating Diego (6,327).