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Charles Curtis

Cristiano Ronaldo rejects Coca-Cola for water in bizarre Euro 2020 moment

We all get it, mostly thanks to Tom Brady: hydration is the most important thing, drinking water is vital.

But did Cristiano Ronaldo really need to push aside the bottles of Coca-Cola — a big sponsor of Euro 2020 — bottles on the podium during a meeting with reporters and endorse water?

Apparently so. And again, I’m all for water, I drink a lot of it every day. It’s just that the people running Euro 2020 might not be so happy about the fact that the biggest soccer star in the world just took a shot at a sponsor (or, hey, maybe that brings more attention to Coke!).

Here’s the moment:

Weird, but effective. Water!

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