Messi had his best World Cup in Qatar. He was world champion, Argentina’s third title. He was elected, again, the main player of the competition. He broke the record for the most capped player in the tournament. He was the first to score in every finals match since the 32-team tournament began. But on social media, Cristiano Ronaldo is in charge… or not.
A Sunday post (18) by Messi, on his Instagram profile, is the champion of likes among publications by sportsmen, surpassing just one by Cristiano Ronaldo – and the second in the overall ranking. In the image, Messi appears smiling, raising the cup. Until the publication of this text, the image already had 49 million likes (while this text was being written, it has already gained over 300 thousand likes), surpassing that of CR7 playing chess (with Messi), which has 42 million —Messi posted the same image, with a more discreet result, 32.3 million.
The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who played in his fifth and last World Cup, is the human being with the most followers on the planet, 519 million. Messi is second on this list with 400 million. Neymar, the first Brazilian in the ranking, is only 20th in the world, with 196 million. In front of the selection’s striker, celebrities from other activities appear, such as Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez, Dwayne Johnson and Beyoncé.
Typically, Messi’s posts have less engagement compared to even Neymar’s, despite having more followers. The difference was that, unlike the other posts, with short and robotic messages (probably the work of an advisor), this time, Messi wrote, and opened his heart.
“I’ve dreamed so many times, I’ve wished so much that I still can’t believe it… Many thanks to my family, to everyone who supports me and also to everyone who believed in us. to achieve what we set out to do”, wrote the number 10.
“The merit belongs to this group, which is above individualities, it is the strength of everyone fighting for the same dream that was also shared by all Argentines… We did it! LET’S GO ARGENTINA CARAJO! We’ll see each other very soon…” , completed Messi.
The champion image for likes is still that of an egg, created by the world_record_egg account, which has 56.1 million likes. The image, the only one on the account, posted in 2019, looked like just a prank by a publicist, but was part of a mental health alert campaign.
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