Australian cricketer David Warner does Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday when he removed Coca-Cola bottles during a post-match press conference.
Minutes after pulling off the antics, he placed the bottles back on the table.
“If it‘s good enough for Cristiano, it’s good enough for me,” Warner said.In the pre-match conference of Portugal’s Euro 2020 opener against Hungary, Ronaldo had removed the bottles of Coca-Cola displayed on the table during the event, holding the two bottles and saying: “Drink water.”
It was later reported that Coca-Cola’s shares had fallen by 1.6 percent following the incident, costing the company a loss of $5.2 billion.Coca-Cola had later issued a statement saying, “everyone is entitled to their drink preferences” and everyone has different “tastes and needs”.
However, the cricketer was soon asked to put it back in its original position. Warner scored 42-ball 65 against Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Stadium as Australia registered their second consecutive win in T20 World Cup.
“Tonight, I had to obviously start fresh,” Warner told reporters. “Everyone was talking about my form, which I reiterated was not a thing I was worried about. It was about going out there and starting well. That‘s all we’re trying to do, apply pressure to the bowlers.
“It was great to get out there in the middle and spend some time there, running between the wickets. Little things like that just keep your mind ticking. Obviously, in the last six to 12 months we haven‘t played that much cricket so I haven’t been in those situations too often. It’s not so much about getting runs for myself, it’s about getting us off to a good start and we managed to do that.”