Faisal Ghaffar 
Lionel Messi posted a picture gallery of Argentina’s victory in the FIFA World Cup on Instagram. Among the pictures, an iconic photo seemed to be the most exciting one, in which Messi seemed to cherish his celebration in a unique style. The image shows Messi sleeping while keeping the winning trophy next to his pillow on the bed.
The winning football caption received over 65 million likes a few hours after posting the picture. According to Instagram records, Lionel Messi’s picture gallery, celebrating the Argentinean team’s triumph is the most-liked post on the platform ever.
Instagram Covers FIFA Football World Cup
Instagram has become the second-most-popular social media platform after Facebook. Celebrities like Lionel Messi have official and personal accounts on social media platforms.
The FIFA Football World Cup is one of the most raving topics among users on social media these days. Sunday evening witnessed Argentina defeating France in penalty shots in Qatar. It was their first victory in FIFA World Cup after 36 years.
The final was even more special for Lionel Messi – the Argentinean team’s caption, who was playing the World Cup of his football career and dreamed of bringing the winning trophy home before he retired.
Messi’s Post Receives Millions of Likes
Who could stop Messi from celebrating the victory as his dream had turned out to be true? He clicked a whole album of pictures in different celebration poses and decided to share them with his fans and followers on social media. Messi’s Instagram post received millions of likes a few hours after he posted it.
Interestingly, the footballer’s post has become the most-liked Instagram post and received millions more likes than the previous post breaking the record on the platform. It was a simple picture showing an egg. Yes, you read right! It was indeed an egg in a post that received the most likes on Instagram several years ago.
Record-Breaker Post of an Egg on Instagram
The previous-most-liked-image on Instagram was a promotion of a health campaign. It revealed a mental health advertisement, showing Eugene – the egg cracked after the pressure feeling of the overwhelming attention it gained.
The Instagram post with an egg conveyed a message advising users to seek professional help if they feel overwhelmed or cracked from the inside. The post received more than 52 million likes after it appeared on Instagram in January 2019.
The first image of Eugene appeared online, looking like it aimed to stop Kylie Jenner from becoming the Instagram Queen. The egg took nine days to beat the reality TV star’s post wherein she posed holding hands with Stormi – her newborn daughter. The egg now has millions of Instagram followers where you can reach lots of people.
Messi Achieves the Milestone on Instagram
Kylie Jenner was the first female Instagram user to get 300 million followers on the site. With the most-liked Instagram post, Lionel Messi has also achieved the same milestone of being the first man on the social media site.
