{"id":1267929,"date":"2022-12-20T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/messis-world-cup-winning-photo-becomes-most-liked-ever-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:12:33","slug":"messis-world-cup-winning-photo-becomes-most-liked-ever-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/messis-world-cup-winning-photo-becomes-most-liked-ever-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi&#8217;s World Cup-winning photo becomes most liked ever on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-224.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Lionel Messi\"\/><\/div>\n<p>By winning the World Cup on Sunday, many fans believe Lionel Messi has settled the GOAT debate between him and Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>And on the social media front, the 35-year-old has outdone his rival \u2013 who has more than 500 million followers \u2013 with his latest Instagram post, too.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after becoming a world champion, Messi\u00a0shared an image\u00a0of him holding the World Cup trophy during Argentina\u2019s celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!,\u201d he posted. \u201cSo many times I dreamed it, so much I wanted it that I still don\u2019t fall, I can\u2019t believe it\u2026Thank you so much to my family, to all who support me and also to all who believed in us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe prove once again that Argentinians when we fight together and united we are able to achieve what we aim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi currently tops the charts as Instagram\u2019s most successful ever post after surpassing the World record egg with 56 million likes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BsOGulcndj-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Messi played a captain\u2019s role in\u00a0Argentina\u2019s win\u00a0over France on Sunday, the South Americans\u2019 third World Cup title and first in 36 years.<\/p>\n<p>Messi scored twice, while\u00a0Kylian Mbappe\u00a0netted a hat-trick as the two sides drew 3-3 in extra time to send it to penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina would go on to score all four of their spot-kicks, stealing the crown from the reigning champions, who missed two of theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Messi posted another Instagram picture with him holding the World Cup on Monday afternoon as he travelled back to Argentina on a plane with the Jules Rimet trophy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmWkQIrNiwK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wKkJbHc0S-Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Stars: Kamaldeen Suleman wants new coach to keep current players (19-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKkJbHc0S-Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By winning the World Cup on Sunday, many fans believe Lionel Messi has settled the GOAT debate between him and Cristiano Ronaldo. 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