Lionel Messi’s post about Argentina’s World Cup victory garnered a record number of likes
Lionel Messi’s post about Argentina winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup set an Instagram recordsocial network banned in Russia; belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).
At the moment, the football player’s post has collected 56.7 million likes. Previously, the social media record was held by a photo of an egg posted in 2019 with the caption “Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram.” The image has been rated by 56 million users.
Earlier, Messi’s post broke the record for likes among athletes, which belonged to Cristiano Ronaldo. On November 19, the Portuguese posted a photo with the Argentine as part of an advertising campaign for Louis Vuitton. Under the post of Ronaldo put 42 million likes.
On December 18, Argentina defeated France in the final of the World Cup in Qatar. In the decisive match, Messi scored a penalty kick in regular time, another goal in extra time and a successful kick in the penalty shootout.
Source: Lenta
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