Football Fans in Awe As Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo Play Chess Together Ahead of 2022 World Cup

• Football fans on social media are on cloud nine after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were snapped playing chess on a Louis Vuitton bag
• The photo has since gone viral all over, and it will be interesting to see if this particular snap breaks the record in the history
• Ronaldo and Messi broke numerous records and won every individual award in the last decade

Football fanatics are going gaga over the viral picture of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo appearing in a photoshoot together.

The pair have been the biggest names in the beautiful game as their frequent El Clasico clashes and Balon d’Or rivalry grabbed the attention of a generation of football lovers

They have a total of 12 Ballon d'Ors between them and have pushed one another to be the very best in one of sport's most epic rivalries.

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There's a mutual respect as opposed to a friendship but on Saturday night fans were shocked to see an image of the pair together posted online.

Both Messi and Ronaldo took to Instagram to share the snap, which sees the legendary duo playing chess on a Louis Vuitton briefcase.

The duo captioned the posts:

"Victory is a State of Mind. A long tradition of crafting trunks photographed by @annieleibovitz for @louisvuitton."

The picture quickly went viral and may well go down as one of the most liked posts in the history of Instagram after racking up more than 10 million likes across both posts in just over 30 minutes.

Fans were in awe over the surreal snap and how historic it promises to be.

@snadeirr tweeted:

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"Best. Photo. Ever."

@Oforirrjata posted:

"Picture of the century."

@Jake_metro added:

"Nothing much to see here... Just two goats playing chess."

@patosarmi525 said:

knowing messi, i don't think he knows how to play chess

@UTDJR7 tweeted:

The most iconic pic in history

@yanashah77 added:

The perfect photo doesnt exist

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Meanwhile, Part one of Cristiano Ronaldo's interview with controversial journalist Piers Morgan dropped on Wednesday night, November 16, and the Manchester United star touched on more topics.

He expressed his delight in beating Lionel Messi's shirt sales after joining Manchester United last summer.

When the club announced the sensational return of their former star, fans could not contain their excitement and it showed through the record number of jersey sales in a 24-hour period.

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Ronaldo and Messi have been the biggest names in the beautiful game as their frequent El Clasico clashes and Balon d’Or rivalry grabbed the attention of a generation of football lovers.

The duo took part in a photoshoot which was shared on Instagram just days before the start of football's biggest tournament.