A photograph of footballers Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi playing chess has been lauded as the “picture of the century” across social media.
In the image, shot by legendary American photographer Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton, the two world cup rivals take each other on at a game of chess over a Louis Vuitton trunk, alongside the caption: “Victory is a State of Mind”.
The trunk they’re playing on was the official carrier for the £15 million FIFA World Cup trophy during the 2018 World Cup. And the position of the chess pieces mimics an iconic game between two Chess Grandmasters, which took place at Norway Chess in Stavanger in June 2017.
It has been lauded widely across social media this week (64million likes and counting…) as well as filling columns across global media.