What vendetta and what resentment? Coca-Cola was hit by Waterloo again at this year's European Championships. Rejected twice in a row by two football superstars, he took their bottles aside at press conferences and switched to drinking mineral water.
Italian midfielder Manuel Locatelli has just become the other player to take a Coca-Cola bottle off the table at a Euro 2020 press conference and even mimic Cristiano Ronaldo saying "Agua!".
Earlier this week, the Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was shocked to see the soda on the table in an interview with the media, and he then put the drink out of the camera's line of sight and held up his own bottle of water to the camera.
Ronaldo's small move caused quite a stir that day, and Coca-Cola's stock price fell by $4 billion (2.85 billion pounds).
Just because of a small move by the world's most famous footballer, he called on his millions of fans to abandon Coca-Cola and drink water instead. In this round, Ronaldo won!
A similar scene took place on Tuesday night when France midfielder Paul Pogba held his own post-match press conference, but this time the devout Manchester United Muslim took a bottle of Heineken from his table.
Now, Locatelli is the third player to be unhappy with the sponsor of Euro 2020, removing two bottles of Coca-Cola from the front of the table and placing one of his own bottles of water directly in front of him. It seems that the world's bitter fat house has been happy for a long time.
The Sassuolo midfielder put on a masterful performance in Italy's 3-0 win over Switzerland on Wednesday night, scoring two goals to earn UEFA's title of "Star of the Field".
When he arrived at the press conference after the game, he immediately walked straight to the bottle on the podium and imitated Ronaldo's "Aqua!"!
After being removed from their drinks at the press conference by European Cup stars twice in a row, and then triggering a sharp drop in stock prices, Coca-Cola must not be able to sit still and was forced to issue a statement saying, "Everyone has the right to choose their favorite beverage, and everyone has different tastes and needs." ”
A spokesperson for Euro 2020 also came out to play round, after all, it was an accident on its own turf, which will definitely affect the future sponsorship: "At our press conference, in addition to Coca-Cola and sugar-free Coca-Cola, we also provide water for athletes. "The desire to survive is also very strong!
At the same time, Locateli has also been very sought-after in the past two years, especially after the match against Switzerland. And he has been linked to a move to the Premier League, though he insists he is only focused on playing for Italy this summer.
Asked if speculation about his future was easy to ignore, Locatelli replied: "Yes, I think when you're involved in such an important competition, you're just going to focus on the task at hand."