World Cup winning Post by Lionel Messi breaks Cristiano Ronaldo Record

Lionel Messi has cemented his place in footballing legend by eventually achieving the fugitive dream of winning the World Cup. Messi won the World Cup on his fifth and likely last World Cup. Messi's first Instagram post after the achievement has broken Cristiano Ronaldo's social media record for a post with him.

Key Highlights

• Lionel Messi broke Cristiano Ronaldo's social media record.
• Messi posted a heartfelt post after Argentina won the World cup.
• Messi won the Golden Ball award at the 2022 FIFA WC.

After sixteen years of making an attempt, Lionel Messi finally had his date with destiny as Argentina clenched the 2022 FIFA World Cup trophy at the Lusail construction on Sunday (December 18) once La Albiceleste's unbelievable ending over France within the summit clash in a very game choked with turns and twists.

Argentina looked set to require the trophy home before a 97-second brace from Kylian Mbappe modified the complexion of the sport within the 81st minute. Messi gave the South Americans the lead within the 109th minute however Mbappe completed his hat-trick to bring them back level taking the sport to penalties. However, Argentina sealed their win with goalkeeper Emi Martinez rising has the hero within the scrap. After the sport, Lionel Messi took to Instagram to post a series of images and write a vastly emotional caption. Messi's world cup-winning post has created history because it has broken the record for being the foremost liked post on the photo-sharing application by the sportsmen once crossing forty five million likes. Messi's post accidentally skint his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo's record. Ronaldo command the record for an image he denote with Messi simply days before the tournament began that gathered around forty one million likes.

"WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! I unreal it such a lot of times, I wished it such a lot that I still haven't fallen, i am unable to believe it......," Messi wrote on Instagram in Spanish. "Thank you abundantly to my family, to any or all United Nations agency support Maine and additionally to any or all United Nations agency believed in North American nation. we have a tendency to demonstrate yet again that Argentines {when we have a tendency to|once we have a tendency to|after we} fight along and united we area unit capable of achieving what we started to try to to. The advantage belongs to the current cluster, that is higher than individualities, it's the strength of all fighting for constant dream that was additionally the dream of all Argentines... we have a tendency to did it!!! GO ARGENTINA!!!!! we have a tendency to area unit seeing one another terribly presently," he added. Like Messi, Ronaldo was additionally enjoying his fifth and what's set to be last World Cup. However, his campaign resulted in tears as Portugal were knocked out of the tournament within the Quater-final by big killers Morocco. Ronaldo was benched for each of his team's knockout clashes. He over the tournament with only one goal whereas Messi won the Golden Ball award (player of the tournament) for rating seven and helping 3.