Lionel Messi is a champion in more ways than one.
The 35-year-old football star celebrated his World Cup win in Argentina in a photo shared on his Instagram post earlier this week.
The coveted FIFA World Cup of him A photo of him holding his trophy. In another, he celebrates with his teammates. The post also shows Messi kissing the trophy.
As of Friday afternoon, the post had nearly 72 million likes, according to The Washington Post, making it the most popular photo on Instagram.
Messi has officially defeated the popular ‘egg photo’ posted by @world_record_egg, which now has over 58 million likes.
This photo won the title of most popular photo on Instagram shortly after it was published in January 2019. Before eggs, the first photo of Kylie Jenner’s now-four-year-old daughter Stormi Webster topped the list. The photo has received nearly 18 million likes.
Messi’s social media triumph comes after he said he had no plans to leave the international football scene anytime soon.
After his team’s win, Messi told TyC Sports: I love my job being in the national team and I want to play a few more games as world champion.”
The statement reversed what the superstar had previously said about ending his international career. According to The Athletic, Messi said this would be his last at the World Cup after the team’s semi-final victory over Croatia. , which led to speculation that he might retire from the national team. “This is my last World Cup,” he said.
Sunday’s victory gave Messi his long-awaited first World Cup title, which he told TyC Sports was “a childhood dream”.
“I was lucky to have achieved everything in this career … and this one that was missing is here,” he told the outlet. “It’s madness.”
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