Messi’s World Cup photo becomes most-liked instagram post

Messi is regarded by many as one of the best players to have played the game. .

Lionel Messi’s World Cup photo has become the most-liked Instagram post with 67.4 million likes as of 04:10 (WAT) on Wednesday.

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The Argentine forward had in the wake of his team’s World Cup triumph shared a photo of himself hoisting the trophy on his Instagram handle, @LeoMessi.

Messi, 35, captioned the Sunday photo: “CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO!!!!!!!” The post eclipsed the egg photo (shared by a user named @world_record_egg) which previously held the record of the most-liked photo with 56.5 million likes as of Tuesday afternoon. That photo was posted on January 04, 2019.