Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have accumulated millions of fans thanks to their goals and feats with the ball.
However, they are now looking to take those followers to Instagram, where they aim to be the first users to surpass the famous social network’s own account.
Messi and CR7 go for Instagram
Since they began their respective soccer careers and demonstrated their incredible and outstanding talent, they have been compared and pitted against each other on the field. However, now, both are going for the same record, but outside the world of soccer.
The truth is that, when it comes to milestones, the captains of the Portuguese and Argentine national teams have several, except for this one: being the Instagram account with the most followers.
Although they started the year as the two people with the most followers on this platform, both are surpassed by the app’s own account, @instagram, with 697 million followers. Next is the Portuguese player (@cristiano) with 668 million, followed by the captain of Inter Miami (@leomessi) with 510 million fans.
However, this record does not depend on what the two soccer stars do or don’t do, but on the users themselves. That said, this year CR7 and Leo could set other records that do depend on their performance on the pitch.
CR7 is close to becoming the first soccer player to reach 1,000 official goals (956). In addition, together with Leo, they could become the only two players to participate in six World Cups if the Argentine confirms his presence in the tournament.
In addition, if Messi participates, he will lead the Argentine national team as it seeks to defend the title it won in 2022 during the last World Cup in Qatar.
For his part, the Argentine number 10 is the top assist provider and the player with the most titles (48). Now he is chasing his dream of becoming a two-time world champion.
The World Cup in Argentina and Portugal for Messi and Cristiano
Lionel’s Argentina national team will be in Group J, alongside Austria, Algeria, and Jordan. They will make their debut against Algeria on Tuesday, June 16. They will then face Austria on Monday, June 22, and Jordan on Friday, June 26.
Meanwhile, in Group K, Portugal will face Colombia, Uzbekistan, and the winner of the Intercontinental Playoff between Jamaica, Congo, and New Caledonia. On Wednesday, June 17, Portugal will play its opening match against the winner of the Intercontinental Playoff. On Tuesday, June 23, it will face Uzbekistan, and on Saturday, June 27, it will face Colombia.
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