Shaun Botterill, the photographer who captured the images, told CNN he got “trapped in the right place” and had a bit of luck the moment he took the photo.
“Messi was just there and he didn’t move that much, sometimes you get pushed around, and he just was doing all the bits, one-handed, two hands on the trophy,” Botterill told CNN.
With more than 69 million likes, Messi’s post beat the previous record of more than 57 million likes for a photo of a brown egg posted four years ago by @world_record_egg, a verified account created for the purpose of beating the previous world record holder, Kylie Jenner, who at the time had a post with 18 million likes.
On Tuesday, the egg addressed being bested by the soccer player in an Instagram story with a picture of Messi frying an animated egg.