Lionel Messi is on the top of the world after his childhood dream of winning football’s most coveted prize, the FIFA World Cup, was achieved after a thrilling match against France in Qatar. Since then, social media has been abuzz with praises of the Argentine superstar, who himself created another history off the pitch. His picture of himself with the World Cup is now the most-liked picture on Instagram, crossing the famous egg photo that had amassed around 57 million likes.
However, a section of Twitter users have been saying that Messi’s fans who had earlier liked the egg picture disliked the same in order to see their idol’s post become the most-liked on Instagram:
However, some have even acknowledged that they have indeed disked the egg post:
The massive amounts of likes Messi’s post has received (61 million and counting) has also been acknowledged by the Guinness World Records, whose Twitter account said that the organisation is keeping a keen eye on the developments:
Soon after, the handle went on to acknowledge that the former Barcelona star’s post has left the egg far behind: