UEFA REMINDS TEAMS OF SPONSORSHIP OBLIGATION AFTER RONALDO CONTROVERSY.

RONALDO-REMOVING TREND AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WAS STARTED BY CRISTIANO COMES TO AN END AS UEFA ASKS EURO 2020 TEAMS TO STOP REMOVING SPONSOR BOTTLES FROM THE NEWS CONFERENCES PLATFORMS .

European soccer’s governing body UEFA has responded to Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo‘s removal of a Coca Cola bottle at a Euro 2020 news conference by telling teams they have contractual obligations towards tournament sponsors.
Ronaldo moved Coca Cola bottles aside as he sat down to speak to the media on the eve of Tuesday’s Group F opener against Hungary in Budapest. Cristiano was angry because they put coca-cola instead of water in conference, he then removed and said “drink water”.

Italy’s Manuel Locatelli, who was the start of his side’s win by scoring twice against Switzerland, followed the example set by Portugal’s superstar Cristiano Ronaldo by setting aside the Coca-Cola bottles out of the camera’s view before sitting down for the press conference.

UEFA’s Euro 2020 tournament director Martin Kallen said the main issue had been with Ronaldo’s action but there was an understanding of players who did such things for religious reasons.
Kallen told reporters the contractual obligations regarding sponsors was part of the tournament regulations signed up to by the national federations.
UEFA has not taken any disciplinary action over the matter and Kallen said any sanctions would be a matter for federations. UEFA did not intend to directly fine players, he added.

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