Argentina’s star footballer Lionel Messi has secured many honors on the ground, but now he has a exclusive record off the ground as well, taking away the important honor from his competitor and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

Well, players are compared to their performance on the field, but in today’s social media era, the race for likes and followers continues, in one such race, Argentina’s Lionel Messi has overtaken Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

On Sunday, Messi fulfilled his dream of winning the World Cup after a exciting match against France, after which he posted his pictures with the trophy on Instagram with a message. Messi’s post turn into the most liked post by any player on Instagram. Messi’s post has been liked more than 49.4 million times by Intsta-users so far.

The record was formerly held by Cristiano Ronaldo, who has the most Instagram supporters on the planet, whose November 19 Instagram post including Ronaldo and Messi together turned into the most-preferred post of any player. was Ronaldo’s Instagram post gotten north of 42 million preferences. It ought to be noticed that even in the field, Messi has won many distinctions, outperforming Ronaldo, including winning the most Balloon d’Or grants, likewise, Messi has figured out how to win the World Cup while Ronaldo’s fantasy has not been satisfied. Lionel Messi is has become the only player to win the Golden Ball award twice in the FIFA World Cup.

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