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Lionel Messi wakes up with World Cup trophy in bed as Argentina star revels in stunning World Cup win

, Lionel Messi wakes up with World Cup trophy in bed as Argentina star revels in stunning World Cup win

LIONEL MESSI is not letting the World Cup trophy out of his sight.

The Argentina superstar even took the glittering gong to bed with him after a triumphant return to Buenos Aires.

Lionel Messi slept with the World Cup trophy
Messi posted pictures of himself in bed with the World Cup
, Lionel Messi wakes up with World Cup trophy in bed as Argentina star revels in stunning World Cup win
Messi cracked a smile as he cradled the trophy

Messi and Co were given a hero’s welcome after stepping off the plane back from Qatar.

Thousands lined the streets of the capital despite the squad not landing until 2am local time on Tuesday.

They partied on an open top bus after landing, with Messi and four of his team-mates nearly wiped out by street cable.

When the 35-year-old finally did get to bed, he decided to take the World Cup trophy with him.

He woke up with the trophy still there, while Cristiano Ronaldo woke up unemployed as he continues to ponder his next career move.

Messi took to Instagram on Tuesday to upload snaps of himself cuddling up next to it under the covers.

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He captioned his post: “Good morning.”

And wife Antonela Roccuzzo might have a job on her hands trying to wrestle the trophy out of his bed.

One snap showed Messi lying with his arm around it, while in another he cradled the trophy as he sipped on mate tea, a South American speciality.

The upload could turn out be another record breaker for Messi.

He now holds the record for the most-liked picture ever on Instagram after overtaking ‘The Egg’ on over 57m likes with pictures from Sunday’s World Cup final triumph.

But his post in bed with the trophy was liked over 9m times in less than an hour.

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