The Instagram post put forth by Lionel Messi after winning the World Cup has become the most liked by a sportsperson in history.
The Argentina icon perhaps settled the debate about the greatest player of all time, with a brilliant brace in arguably the most entertaining game of football ever played.
As Kylian Mbappe almost ruined La Albiceleste’s hopes of bringing home the World Cup for the first time after 1986 with a sublime hat-trick, Leo Messi and Co. held the nerve in the penalty shootout.
With Messi ending up with a runners-up medal in 2014, the pulsating affair at the Lusail Stadium ended with the 35-year-old’s wait for a World Cup finally come to an end.
Lionel Messi Instagram post beats Cristiano Ronaldo’s to make history
Earlier, it was Cristiano Ronaldo’s post for Louis Vuitton in a picture alongside Lionel Messi that was the most liked picture on the platform with 38 million likes.
Currently, the post, which was posted on November 19 stands at almost 42 million likes.
However, the Lionel Messi Instagram post from Sunday night which features images of him finally lifting the World Cup has already set a record, with over 43 million likes.
Perhaps even more impressively, likes on the Argentina captain’s post are only rising by the minute and could leave Cristiano Ronaldo’s post in the dust in a while.
Messi is a true global icon
The fact that Lionel Messi’s post is garnering so much love and attention from across the globe is an insight into just how much most sports fans wanted to see an all-time great like him finally win the World Cup.
And he did, in style.
Messi’s impact on the sport around the world is second to none as football fans across the planet cannot stop smiling at the fact that the great man finally made history, much like former legends such as Diego Maradona and Pele.
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