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Cristiano Ronaldo’s removed two Coca-Cola bottles from a table during a press conference at the Euros.
Typically, not something worth noting.
But, it became interesting when it coincided with a $4bn fall in Coca Cola’s share price.
The Portuguese captain, who has almost 300 million Instagram followers, instead held up a bottle of water before declaring in Portuguese: “Agua!”.
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