With almost 60 million “likes”, the photo of the captain of the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi, lifting the World Cup at the Lusail Stadium in Doha became the on Tuesday the most “appreciated” in history on the Instagram platform, surpassing that of the “egg” which collected 56,252,978 likes in 2019, after the triumph at the World Cup in Qatar.
Hours before the start of the World Cup celebrations, Messi once again broke a record, but this time it’s not about football but the madness of the World Cup has been reflected on social networks.
“I’ve dreamed about it so many times, I’ve wanted it so much that I haven’t fallen for it yet, I can’t believe it…”, begins the publication of the captain of the national team where he posted the photograph in which he is seen lifting the cup at the Lusail stadium.
The image garnered more likes than posting the @world_record_egg account, which was set up in 2019 with the goal of getting the most likes in history and did so nine days after it appeared on Instagram.
Also, when exceeded 42 million “likes”In less than 24 hours, the image of Messi lifting the World Cup became the most liked Instagram post by an athlete in history – another record for the best footballer in the world.
The Twitter account of sports magazine B/R Football (@brfootball) uploaded this milestone on Monday morning that the captain of the Argentine team has achieved on the social network, with 399 million followers.
The iconic photo also garnered more than 1,600,000 comments, such as that of Uruguayan footballer Luis Suárez with a very affectionate message to his colleague and friend: “Football owed you this fat, you never stopped believing in yourself and in who I am”.
Source: Clarin
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