The photo of Lionel Messi celebrating after winning the World Cup has become the most liked in Instagram history.
The Argentinian star received 56 million “likes”, breaking the record held by a photo of an egg, which has 55.9 million likes.
“Thank you very much to my family, to all those who supported me and to all those who believed in us. We demonstrated once again that Argentinians, when we fight together and when we are united, we are able to achieve this. Credit goes to the group, which is above individuals. It is the result of our dream and that of all Argentines. We did it!!!”, wrote the seven-time Golden Ball winner.
Messi’s picture also beat his picture with Cristiano Ronaldo playing chess, which was part of Louis Vuitton’s pre-World Cup campaign, which received 42 million likes.