During a briefing on Monday, Portugese starman Ronaldo moved two bottles of Coca-Cola off to the side, before holding up a bottle of water and announcing “agua” — the Portuguese word for water.
Similarly, France midfielder Paul Pogba, a practising Muslim, then removed a bottle of Heineken alcohol-free beer out of shot at a star player press conference sponsored by the brewing company.
UEFA stated, “UEFA has reminded participating teams that partnerships are integral to the delivery of the tournament and to ensuring the development of football across Europe, including for youth and women.”
“We are never fining players directly from the UEFA side, we will do this always through the participating national association and then they could look if they will go further to the player, but we are not going directly for the moment to the player. We have the regulations signed by the participating federations”, said the tournament director Martin Kallen.