AFCON Winner Sadio Mané Reveals What He Told His Distraught Liverpool Teammate After the Final

• Sadio Mané has revealed what he told Liverpool star Mohamed Salah after Senegal defeated Egypt in the final of AFCON
• The Senegal AFCON hero was spotted after the game consoling his Liverpool teammate after the game in Cameroon
• Senegal defeated Egypt on penalties to win their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations early last month in Yaoundé

Sadio Mané played a brotherly role by consoling a visibly distraught Mohamed Salah after Senegal defeated Egypt to win the Africa Cup of Nations last month in Cameroon.

Salah broke down in tears as he watched his Liverpool teammate convert the winning penalty for Senegal, losing his second AFCON finals.

However, Mané's words to Salah calmed him down and the Egyptian will be hoping to be lucky the next time.

“After we won the title, it was clear to me that he was very disappointed, I didn’t want to leave him like this,” Mané told l'Equipe.

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“Salah would have done the same thing with me, if Egypt had been crowned champions.

“I told him simple words to help him push through and told him never to give up,” he added.

Sadio Mané will lead his Senegalese team against Egypt in the World Cup playoff later this month, and Salah would want a revenge.

Salah first lost an AFCON final in 2017, when Egypt lost 2-1 to Cameroon.

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Born and raised in the remote village of Bambali in Senegal, Mane is one of the most humble footballers around and his words do stand out in a world that's focused on material pleasures.

In an interview with L'Equipe, Mané was asked if he'd like to copy the fancy lives of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.

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PSG defender Abdou Diallo praises compatriot Sadio Mané

Abdou Diallo, a member of the Senegal team that won the Africa Cup of Nations exactly a month ago in Cameroon, has revealed that Sadio Mané's work ethic is worth emulating.

The France-born defender sealed a nationality switch in the eleventh hour to join the Teranga Lions for the Africa Cup of Nations.

And after a moth with the team, he disclosed that Liverpool's Sadio Mané is the most hard working player he has come across.