Lionel Messi has taken social media by storm after his shock Instagram post, MySportDab reports.
Lionel Messi was instrumental in Argentina’s World Cup win in Qatar.
He was the team’s highest goal scorer and was second on the tournament’s chart of highest goal scorers.
After a shock defeat to Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi helped Argentina secure two successive group-stage wins over Mexico and Poland.
He opened the scoring in Argentina’s 2-1 win over Australia in the round of 16 and was on the score sheet against Netherlands and Croatia in the quarterfinal and semifinal, respectively.
In the final against France, Lionel Messi bagged a brace and scored his penalty to help Argentina lift their third World Cup trophy.
Already, his Instagram post lifting the World Cup trophy has garnered over 55million likes to emerge as the most-liked post by a sportsperson on social media.
His second post has generated much reaction in the social media space.
The PSG forward dropped a post of him sleeping with the World Cup trophy on his bed. Slides of the post on his Instagram page show him kissing and smiling with the trophy still on his bird.
Fans have taken to their social media handles to react to the post.
A social media user wrote, “Another World Record post coming.”
Another user wrote “you have got competition.”
Another one wrote, “MY GOAT SLEEP Ok? if you get any nightmare, make I know. I go sort am out for you at the Volta region in ghana.”
Lionel Messi led Argentina to their third World Cup victory after defeating France 4-2 on penalties at the Lusail Stadium.
