The Argentina national team will be celebrating their World Cup win today with the public!

It’s the first World Cup trophy celebration in Argentina since 1986 and celebrations started the second Gonzalo Montiel scored passed Hugo Lloris to crown Argentina as World champions.

The players landed in Argentina at 3:00 am Buenos Aires time with thousands waiting for them around the airport and on the streets. Now, the team is set to parade around the streets of Buenos Aires, with the parade starting in about 30 minutes.

Lionel Messi’s post holding the World Cup trophy is the most liked picture ever on Instagram.

Messi breaks another record, this time, off the pitch. The World Cup champion posted a picture of himself holding the biggest prize in World football and it has broken the record with 60 million likes.

Previously, the most liked picture ever was that of an egg. However, people quickly took notice of Messi’s picture and some even went and unliked the picture of the egg, while liking Messi’s picture.

Messi’s Instagram picture now stands at over 60 million likes, with more and more likes increasing every second.

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The World champions have landed in Argentina!

A live video is on Youtube showing the arrival of the team back home to Argentina with thousands of fans waiting to greet them. You can view the live stream below:

Lionel Messi scored a record 18 goals in 2022 with the Argentina national team.

Another day, another Lionel Messi record. Prior to 2022, the record for most goals in a calendar year for the Argentina national team was 12 goals. That record was held by both Lionel Messi and Gabriel Batistuta.

But in 2022, Messi shattered that record. The World champion scored 18, with seven of them coming at the World Cup. Here were his goals for the year:

Goal 1: Venezuela, World Cup qualifier
Goal 2: Estonia, friendly
Goal 3: Estonia, friendly
Goal 4: Estonia, friendly
Goal 5: Estonia, friendly
Goal 6: Estonia, friendly
Goal 7: Honduras, friendly
Goal 8: Honduras, friendly
Goal 9: Jamaica, friendly
Goal 10: Jamaica, friendly
Goal 11: United Arab Emirates, friendly
Goal 12: Saudi Arabia, World Cup
Goal 13: Mexico, World Cup
Goal 14: Australia, World Cup
Goal 15: Netherlands, World Cup
Goal 16: Croatia, World Cup
Goal 17: France, World Cup
Goal 18: France, World Cup

For the first time in his career, Messi scored five goals in one match with the Argentina national team. He also scored in every match of the knockout stages at the World Cup!