Historical rivals in football legend Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi can fight on every possible playing field.
If it is ball in the foot that the two phenomena have been incredible for 15 years, the battle is also on the subject of individual rewards, salary or follow-up on social networks. In this regard, the situation has been reversed in recent days, and in a spectacular manner. On the reference network that is Instagram, Lionel Messi had marked the spirits this summer. Three of his messages had exceeded 20 million “likes”: that of his victory at the Copa America, his departure from Barça, and that of his arrival at PSG. The announcement of his signing at Paris SG had become the most liked post in Instagram history for an athlete, with more than 22 million admirers.
Cristiano Ronaldo overtakes Ariana Grande
But this week, by announcing the pregnancy of his wife Georgina Rodriguez and the future birth of his twins, Cristiano Ronaldo blew all the counters. The Portuguese striker dethroned Lionel Messi by collecting almost 28 million “likes” in just a few hours. A real phenomenon that his some 360 million followers on Instagram have in any case appreciated. This allows him to post the 3rd most popular message in the history of the social network, even if going for the first place seems impossible, even for Cristiano Ronaldo. If he was able to exceed the post of wedding photos of Ariana Grande, the Portuguese will find it difficult to exceed the world number 1 in the history of the Internet.
This is the photo of an egg on a white background, posted by Chris Godfrey in January 2019, which has gone viral to the point of reaching 55 million likes. A great way to also put into perspective the power of social networks, which also have their own logic, where an egg may be much stronger than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
