Teams at Euro 2020 could face fines if their players move drinks provided by sponsors at news conferences, as Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba have done in recent days.
On Monday, Portugal captain Ronaldo removed two bottles of Coca-Cola and encouraged people to drink water. The next day, France midfielder Pogba, a practising Muslim, discreetly removed a bottle of Heineken beer. Italy’s Manuel Locatelli also replaced Coca-Cola with water on Wednesday.
UEFA’S Euro 2020 tournament director, Martin Kallen said players were contractually obliged “through their federation of the tournament regulations to follow” as disciplinary action was “a possibility”.
However, he said he understood the actions of players who, like Pogba, did such things for religious reasons.
