BUDAPEST: Portuguese celebrity Cristiano Ronaldo eliminated Coca-Cola bottles put in front of him in a European Championships press conference , which allegedly cost the international beverage giant a shocking USD 4 million.
A well-known exercise enthusiast, Ronaldo put apart two Coca-Cola glass bottles that put facing him during a press conference before Portugal’s opening Euro game against Hungary on Monday.
In a movie which has gone viral, also the 36-year-old Juventus striker picked up a bottle of water rather stating”Agua!” In Portuguese, apparently urging people to select water over carbonated beverages.
Based on media accounts, the share cost of Coca-Cola, among their official sponsors of Euro 2020, dropped from USD 56.10 into USD 55.22 nearly instantly following Ronaldo’s gesture.
The market evaluation of Coca-Cola travelled from USD 242 billion to USD 238 billion, with a drop of USD 4 billion due to the event, Coca-Cola in an announcement said”everybody is entitled to their beverage tastes” with different”preferences and demands”.
Ronaldo has talked about his uneasiness with carbonated beverages earlier too.
In December this past year, he’d tweeted,”””My child has got possible, we will see whether he’ll turn into a terrific footballer.
“Occasionally he drinks Coke and eats crisps and it disturbs me” Ronaldo went beyond France’s Michel Platini to turn into the one time top-scorer of this championship since he scored a brace, causing his side to a 3-0 triumph over Hungary on Tuesday.
Defending champions Portugal will fight with Germany following on Saturday.
On Tuesday, France mid-fielder Paul Pogba eliminated a bottle of Heineken beer which was put in front of him in a media conference.
Pogba, a practising Muslim, he eliminated the jar if he sat down to talk to the press following his side’s 1-0 triumph over Germany.