The most liked Instagram post of all time is a photo collection by Argentine player Lionel Messi as he celebrates the World Cup victory. Within hours of being released on social media, the pictures of Messi and other Argentina players celebrating their 2022 World Cup victory have now gathered over 71 million likes.
As of Tuesday, Messiās Instagram post had received the most likes ever, according to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram.
Those pictures emerged as Argentina defeated France in Qatar on penalties to win the World Cup in a thrilling final on Sunday. For team captain Messi, who declared that this would be his final World Cup game of an extraordinary career, it was the pinnacle of success. He received the Golden Ball as the best player in the tournament after scoring two goals.
Prior to Messiās post, the most-liked image on Instagram was a regular brown egg from 2019. This photo surpassed that ofĀ Kylie Jenner, a reality star celebrity and business entrepreneur of cosmetics, who had previously held the record with almost 57 million likes.
Millions of fans flooded the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to welcome home the Argentine World Cup-winning team as they arrived in a joyous city. With the gold trophy held high, Messi exited the plane first, leading his victorious team onto a red carpet at the airport.
Argentina won their third World Cup with the victory in Doha, marking the nationās first win since 1986 when the great Diego Maradona led the squad to victory in Mexico, their first World Cup triumph in 36 years.