Qatar World Cup winner Lionel Messi also has the most popular post in Instagram history since Tuesday. Sean Botterill, the author of the photo in which the captain of the Argentine national team lifts the main trophy, said that he does not even use the famous social network.

An English photojournalist told from a colleague that his photo had almost 72 million likes.

Botterill admitted that he did not like how Messi cropped the photo, as the wider perspective better captured “the flattery the Argentina captain was receiving”.

“I almost couldn’t move, but I blocked in the wrong place. I believe that all photographers are honest – you always have to be a little lucky, and I was on Sunday. Messi was there and didn’t move much while we pushed. He held the trophy with one or two hands.

You can prepare for the moment when you lift the trophy, but not for the stadium tour, because you don’t know how chaotic it will be. I was close to him, two meters away. The older (son) texted me and said: I edited your photo, dad, it’s a nice photo.

It’s weird that I don’t use Instagram, I don’t even know how to crop a photo. I only found out when a colleague messaged me and asked if I had seen how many likes my photo had.” – Sean Botterillreports A Bola.

55-year-old Botterill (Getty Agency) has attended the last ten World Cups.

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