Sadio Mane's prize for firing Senegal to the Africa Cup of Nations title was a night in bed with the winner's trophy.
The Liverpool winger showed himself in bed with his gold medal still around his neck and the AFCON trophy perched on his chest.
It was Mane who, having missed during the 90 minutes, sealed victory in a tense penalty shootout to create history with Senegal's first ever AFCON title.
While Mane was quite content to have a nap with his new pieces of gold, his team-mates were keen to keep the party going at their Cameroonian hotel.
Chelsea and Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy gave a peak behind the curtain on his Instagram late into the night.
A group of Mane's team-mates were captured signing and dancing through the corridors of their hotel - not allowing for much peace and quiet for the matchwinner and the trophy to get much sleep.
With a microphone in hand the partying players sang in chorus as they looked to cherish a piece of history for Senegal.
In a closely-fought encounter against Mohamed Salah's Egypt, it was Premier League stars Mane and Mendy that came up big in crunch time.
Mane helped banish the memories of their 2019 failure when they lost the final to Algeria by converting the decisive fifth penalty in the shootout.
Goalkeeper Mendy had earlier saved from Mohanad Lasheen to give Mane the chance to seal the win.
Mane was named AFCON's Player of the Tournament while Mendy collected the prize for Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
Few of his team-mates would have begrudged Mane getting some alone time with the trophy in his hotel room having seen him play such a key role in guiding them to glory.
Over the course of AFCON he was directly involved in nine - six goals and three assists - of Senegalβs last 14 goals.
Mendy kept five clean sheets and both he and Mane will now return to England for the remainder of the Premier League season, as well as Champions League campaigns with Chelsea and Liverpool respectively.
Geostorm2021
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Mane to Salah :: Trophy is mine you can take the whistle from the Refree ππ
jsaidy
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Can all football right something about this great man please much love π π π π
charitywale
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Congratulations my man.. Mendy the Mender β€οΈ
luwbdeikns
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I love Senegal style of play very beautiful
Ezenko1
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Everyone talks about mane and mendy. No one talks about Koulibaly. That guy is a rock. He was something else man. A true captain. He was everywhere on the back line and stop Salahs every move
AndreSmart
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This was the Senegalese starting lineup, crazy π¦ happy for them
KafeeroHavertz
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That Egyptian Airways banned all flights to Senegal πππ
MessiStolePanenka
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Seucdeiknz
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congratulations to Mendy
abdulrafiiw
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Hope you come back stranger than ever. Egyptian pharaoh β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Yotdekopt
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why Egypt was stripped of the trophy
tocbceirst
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congratulations to all Senegalese... one loveπ from Nigeria π³π¬
yibcekmu
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Can all football right something about this great man please much love π π π π
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He captained Senegal in their famous win against France in 2002 Korea/Japan. France came to tournament as the defending champions and the lion π¦ hearted Aliou Cisse brutally fight the French midfielders .., yesterday he led Senegal πΈπ³ to its first ever Afcons..
Backpackerinspace
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Can all football right something about this great man please much love π π π π
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They won't coz he's not from EUROPE
tony_sbu
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Congratulations my man.. Mendy the Mender β€οΈ
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Mendy is a great goalkeeper but but the Egyptian goalie deserved the best goalkeeper award of the tournament.