Dubai: Cristiano Ronaldo’s international retirement announcement has generated a huge response on social media, with the Portugal captain’s Instagram video attracting more likes, comments and shares than Lionel Messi’s farewell post within 24 hours.

Ronaldo announced his decision to end his 23-year career with Portugal on Thursday, November 5. The video has already crossed 455 million views, with 32 million likes, 3.2 million comments and 6.2 million reposts in less than 24 hours.

Messi’s retirement announcement, shared earlier this year, has recorded more than 460 million views. However, it has received 20 million likes, 892,000 comments and 2.6 million reposts.…