During a press conference ahead of Portugal's match against Hungary, the ace footballer Cristiano Ronaldo put aside two bottles of Coca-Cola and picked up water instead. His gesture left the company with billions of dollars in losses. Grabbing the opportunity, the adhesive brand Fevicol won over the internet with its quirky advertisement.
Other football stars have started imitating Ronaldo's Coca Cola bottle removing gesture with France football star Paul Pogba and most recently Italian match-winner Manuel Locatelli in the list.
Soon after Cristiano Ronaldo's Coca-Cola snub, netizens flooded the internet with hilarious memes and jokes. From Amrita Arora's popular dialogues from Vivaah- 'jal lijie' to The Family Man's 'tere baap ne aaj gazab kar dia,' Twitterati is having a ball.
Little did Cristiano Ronaldo know that his gesture of removing a couple of coke bottles would cause a heavy loss to the company.
Portuguese seemed to be angry with teammate Diogo Jota in the tunnel leading to the ground just before the beginning of the second half.
As per a report by The Daily Star, since the incident Coca-Cola’s stock prices dropped 1.6% as they went from being worth USD 242 billion to USD 238 billion,resulting in a loss of USD 4 billion.
Ronaldo scored his 10th goal at the tournament from the penalty spot in the 87th minute and then added a second in injury time.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner, currently at Juventus, has been heavily linked with his old club Manchester United.
Ronaldo scored in the 44th minute to take his international tally to 104 goals.
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While the famed manager is impressed with England he couldn't help but admire the strength and quality of current world champions France.
Ronaldo scored four goals in the 2018 World Cup and three at Euro 2016. He played less than half an hour in the final against France five years ago because he got injured.
At 36, Ronaldo is getting closer to bidding farewell to Portugal’s national team. Before ending his run, though, he will try to add yet another record to his name.
In a long Instagram post, the Portuguese star felt he has achieved everything he wanted to in Italy and thanked everyone for being part of this journey.
The 36-year-old Ronaldo will be playing in his fifth straight European Championship. He is six goals from tying the all-time scoring record for a men’s national team.
The Juventus footballer treated his fans with a touch of genius in the second half when he set up Chiesa inside the box with a first-touch backheel pass as Juve lift Italian Cup with 2-1 win.
The 34-year-old forward missed a penalty early in the match after goalkeeper Samir Handanovic made a brilliant drive to his right to block Ronaldo's spot kick.
The victory couldn't have come at a better time as it keeps them in the race for the Champions League as the fifth-placed Juve remains within three points of second-placed Atlanta at 72 points.
The former model had accused the Portuguese football star of raping her. The alleged rape was said to have happened in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009 after their meeting in a nightclub.
Torino goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu pulled off a number of saves but Ronaldo eventually headed in the equaliser 11 minutes from time.
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