A week on from Lionel Messi's conquering of the Copa America with Argentina, the No.10 has broken yet another record.
This time, though, his feat has come away from the football pitch and in a field wherein he's not used to breaking records.
Messi's Instagram post of himself with the Copa America trophy has become the platform's most-liked sports photograph, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo's most paying tribute to Diego Maradona after his passing on November 25, 2020.
The photo of Messi has already gone above 19,800,000 likes, an Instagram record for a sports post. It is also the sixth most-liked post in the history of the social network, behind posts from the likes of Billie Eilish, XXXTentacion, Ariana Grande and the world record-breaking photograph of an egg from January 4, 2019
Messi_the_Real_GOAT
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Messi is one of the most or maybe most loved person in the world
TijanMilla
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Mostly Madrid/Ronaldo fans hate this guy! but hey..19M people were happy for him on this day! Truly spectacular
zico16
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while some people are still hurt seeing this happen
satyaballa
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messi is breaking record on and off the pitch and still counting..ππ
Brightberry
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Messi heat map on the internet nowadays.
D10S_LM10
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Messi doesn't care about all this π
Antiberry
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Most LIKED SPORTS comment ever on Instagram. π€π€π
Pok3rfac3
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Cr7 has always needed an Argentine to get into the spotlight. In football he gets hyped by being compared to Messi. On Insta gets his most liked picture, again with another Argentine. CR7 FANS SHOULD BE THANKFUL TO THESE PLAYERS π
GOAT-LM10
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When your surrounded by greatness but you're the greatest
YR11
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Messi has Nearly 80 million less followers than CR7 still he managed to get more likes and Also in other post love they get on an avg equal number of likes How ? And on Facebook also Messi's photo is the most liked photo with 6.6 million likes β₯οΈβ₯οΈ Truly he is the most loved Sportsperson on the whole planet π ππ¦
Sarfas98
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Look at how Messi winning the Copa America was celebrated in China. Unbelievable π₯