Swarajya Logo

Insta

Cristiano Ronaldo Removes Coco-Cola Bottle During Euro 2020 Press Conference; Soft-Drink Company Loses $4 Billion 

Swarajya StaffJun 16, 2021, 03:00 PM | Updated 03:00 PM IST
Cristiano Ronaldo arriving at a Madrid court with his partner Georgina Rodríguez (@KroosT8/Twitter)

Cristiano Ronaldo arriving at a Madrid court with his partner Georgina Rodríguez (@KroosT8/Twitter)


Ace footballer and captain of the Portugal football team, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Coca-cola snub led to a meteoric fall in the share prices of the soft-drink manufacturing company. The star footballer had removed the Coca-Cola bottles from a Euro 2020 news conference on Monday (14 June), which led to a fall in the company's market value by $4 billion.


The incident happened during a press conference in Budapest before Portugal’s match-up against Hungary at Euro 2020. When the Coca-cola bottles were kept in fron the of Portugal captain, he hid them from the display and gestured the people to instead 'drink water’ instead of the carbonated drinks. The video of the whole incident was shared widely on social media.


Join our WhatsApp channel - no spam, only sharp analysis