/ 17 June 2021

Ronaldo is crystal clear

Cristiano Ronaldo: not just a bloke who inspires questionable sculptures… Yesterday, the soccer great set the record for most career goals at the European Championship (this year known as Euro 2020). It’s usually a once-every-4-years tournament that people who know a lot more about soccer than us say is second to the World Cup in terms of prestige. And then analysts say Ronaldo contributed to a fall in Coca-Cola’s value in the order of more than $5 billion. And all Ronaldo had to do was take the bottles of Coke off the press conference table and purposefully replace them with water. “Agua!” he said. The company said that “everyone is entitled to their drink preferences” – even football gods…

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