{"id":65999,"date":"2022-12-22T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T01:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=65999"},"modified":"2022-12-22T03:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T22:02:36","slug":"68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram’s most-liked post ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD 21 Dec (Online): The final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 will go down in history as one of the most thrilling matches of all time. It not only concluded with Argentina winning for the third time but also finally crowned Lionel Messi lifting the coveted trophy \u2014 the only title that was missing from his rich sports career.<\/p>\n

As Messi celebrates and sleeps (literally) with his golden trophy, the world could not be happier for him. His Instagram photo dump of the glorious winning moments from the final broke all previous records and became the most-liked photo on social media by a sportsperson with 68 million likes and counting. The comment section is also full of people cheering him for being the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).<\/p>\n

Messi’s post includes a series of photographs of him and his teammates, rejoicing in the historic moment at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium on Sunday. \u201cChampions of the world!\u201d he captioned the post with a heartfelt note of gratitude for all those who supported him in his journey.<\/p>\n

It also triumphed the previous record held by a post with both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo framed together; featuring the footballing greats engrossed in a game of chess. The post was run as an advertisement campaign by a clothing label.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old football drove Argentina’s superb run in Qatar by scoring two goals in the finals, as his team defeated France 4-2 on penalties. Messi’s journey to glory, however, was not an easy one as Argentina kicked off the World Cup with a 1-2 defeat against minnows Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

However, the defeat didn\u2019t stop them. Messi finished the World Cup with seven goals, one behind the tournament’s top scorer Kylian Mbappe, and three assists. He was also honoured with the Golden Ball for his breathtaking show.<\/p>\n

Messi headed into the tournament, hinting this could be the last time we could see him at football’s grandest stage but seemed like taking a U-turn after the successful campaign. Meanwhile, this was Argentina’s third World Cup title, having won the tournament back in 1978 and 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD 21 Dec (Online): The final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 will go down in history as one of the most thrilling matches of all time. It not only concluded with Argentina winning for the third time but also finally crowned Lionel Messi lifting […]<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-entertainment-news"],"yoast_head":"\n68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f\"},\"headline\":\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram’s most-liked post ever\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T01:30:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/\",\"name\":\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-22T01:30:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg\",\"width\":660,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram’s most-liked post ever\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"description\":\"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pakistan News International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg\",\"width\":431,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Pakistan News International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f\",\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"News Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/zafarmalik\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever","description":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever","twitter_description":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever","twitter_image":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News Desk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/"},"author":{"name":"News Desk","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f"},"headline":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram’s most-liked post ever","datePublished":"2022-12-22T01:30:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/"},"wordCount":364,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/","name":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-22T01:30:12+00:00","description":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram's most-liked post ever","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2-354.jpg","width":660,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-entertainment-news\/68-million-and-counting-messis-world-cup-picture-is-instagrams-most-liked-post-ever\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"68 million and counting: Messi\u2019s World Cup picture is Instagram’s most-liked post ever"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","name":"Pakistan News International","description":"Latest News, Breaking News from Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#organization","name":"Pakistan News International","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/site-logo.jpg","width":431,"height":121,"caption":"Pakistan News International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2b326eefbddc9c3b180116b6f37cce9f","name":"News Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e9ad84679b4a782d4fff9ca3763ebbd7e2cb1b0bb77b91492bba01714a2b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"News Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/author\/zafarmalik\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66051,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65999\/revisions\/66051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}