ALBAWABA - Football star Lionel Messi received a record number of likes on an Instagram picture posted by an athlete.
The iconic footballer took to his Instagram to celebrate Argentina's FIFA World Cup 2022 win against France on Dec. 18.
The post showed him receiving the golden trophy. Other pictures showed Messi can be seen kissing the trophy and celebrating with teammates.
He captioned the pictures: "CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO!!!!!!!," Spanish for world champions.
In the lengthy caption, Messi's words translates to: "I dreamed about it so many times, I wanted it so much that it still hasn’t sunk in, I can’t believe it."
''Thank you very much to my family, to everyone who supports me, and also to everyone who believed in us. We demonstrated once again that when Argentinians fight together and are united, we are capable of achieving what we are set out to do. This is a collective achievement, it’s about much more than just individuals. It’s about the strength of everyone fighting for the same dream, which was also the dream of all Argentinians…We did it!''
Messi's Instagram post after the final game, which contained 10 pictures, has become the most liked Instagram post of all time, and with that, the athlete broke the record set earlier by Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo.
In Ronaldo's previous record-holding post, he shared a snap of him and Messi while they played chess, in collaboration with Louis Vuitton before the World Cup tournament.
And the post got just under 42 million likes. But Messi's post has more than 55.3 million likes, so far.
By Alexandra Abumuhor
