Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo pushed two bottles of Coca-Cola away from him during a press conference
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Cristiano Ronaldo is apparently not a big fan of soft drinks.
During a press conference on Monday, the Portuguese soccer phenom removed two bottles of Coca-Cola that were placed in front of him on a desk as he sat down to speak with reporters. After moving the soda out of view of the cameras, Ronaldo then held up a bottle of water and said in Portuguese: “Water!” Coca-Cola is a sponsor of UEFA Euro 2020.
Ronaldo’s soda rejection coincided with shares of Coca-Cola dropping 1.6 percent, from $56.17 to $55.22, ESPN reported. While the drop may seem like a small jump, it was enough to wipe $4 billion from the soda maker’s market value, bringing it down from $242 billion to $238 billion.
According to Yahoo, the company’s shares were valued at around $55.10 on Wednesday morning, for a market cap of $236.62 billion.
Ronaldo was speaking during the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2020), and a spokesperson for the event later said, “players are offered water, alongside Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, on arrival at our press conferences,” in response to the athlete’s diss, according to CBS News.
“[Everyone] is entitled to their drink preferences,” they added.
