The Instagram post of football legend, Lionel Messi celebrating his World Cup win has now become the most-liked post by a sportsperson with 51 million likes and counting.
Following Argentina’s sensational penalty shootout win over France, the Forward Striker took to Instagram to post 10 pictures of the celebrations in Qatar.
Surpassing 400 million followers on Instagram, Messi in his caption revealed that he has dreamed about winning the world cup. He also gave gratitude to his creator for his remarkable achievement.
He wrote:
“WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! I dreamed it so many times, I wanted it so much that I still haven’t fallen, I can’t believe it……
‘Thank you very much to my family, to all who support me and also to all who believed in us. We demonstrate once again that Argentines when we fight together and united we are capable of achieving what we set out to do.
The merit belongs to this group, which is above individualities, it is the strength of all fighting for the same dream’.
It surpassed Ronaldo’s post from last month, an advert for Louis Vuitton ahead of the World Cup in which the Portuguese star and Messi were seen playing chess that had accumulated 41.9 million likes.
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