Qatar: In a first, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi joined hands for a promotion campaign by Louis Vuitton ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
Ronaldo and Messi are considered to be two of the greatest players of this generation, with both of them sharing 12 Ballon d’Or’s between them.
While some called it “iconic”, others hailed it as the “picture of the century”, but there was a certain group of fans would worked out a crazy World Cup theory behind the picture.
Victory is a State of Mind. A long tradition of crafting trunks photographed by @annieleibovitz for @LouisVuitton pic.twitter.com/0TsieZP40P
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) November 19, 2022
The two legendary footballers can be seen playing chess together in the picture with both deep in concentration on what their next move would be. The image was sponsored by Louis Vuitton and it went up exactly at 11 PM IST on Saturday night from their respective Instagram handles. “Victory is a State of Mind,” read the post. The two posts garnered over 24 million likes since being posted. And while it was simply part of an advertisement shoot, fans have dug out the hidden meaning behind it.
The ‘LV’ briefcase on which Ronaldo and Messi are playing chess was part of the 2018 World Cup in which the FIFA World Cup trophy was presented ahead of the opening fixture and the final. For Messi and Ronaldo. the Qatar World Cup will be their last dance. While Ronaldo hasn’t confirmed yet, Messi certainly has. And fans feel that the very social-media post made by the two footballers hint towards a showdown between Argentina and Portugal for the final.
