{"id":151445,"date":"2021-10-29T00:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T00:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=151445"},"modified":"2021-10-29T01:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T01:58:48","slug":"warner-recreates-ronaldos-5-2-billion-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=151445","title":{"rendered":"Warner recreates Ronaldo's $5.2 billion stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Warner<\/a> has channelled his inner Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> after breaking out of his form slump at the T20 World Cup with a half-century against Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n

The Australian veteran slammed a half-century in his side's seven-wicket win<\/a> and took to the podium to talk to reporters when he came face-to-face with some Coca-Cola bottles.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>The shocking blunder that opened the Warner floodgates<\/a><\/p>\n

Like Ronaldo famously did at this year's Euros<\/a>, Warner initially removed the bottles saying, "If it is good for Cristiano, it is good for me".<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Australian opener, the two bottles of soft drink eventually returned to the table after he was asked to put them back. <\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

The soft drink giant is one of the main sponsors of this year's T20 World Cup, having entered into a five-year relationship with the ICC, with Coca-Cola brands the ICC's exclusive non-alcoholic beverage partner until 2023 under the current deal. <\/p>\n

Ronaldo's stunt, which came after Portugal's clash against Hungary at the Euros in June, reportedly resulted in a staggering $5.2 billion share price drop for Coca-Cola. <\/p>\n

UEFA issued a statement after Ronaldo told fans to "drink water" instead, saying "everyone is entitled to their drink preferences" with "different tastes and needs".<\/p>\n

"Players are offered water, alongside Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, on arrival at our press conferences and can choose their preferred beverage," the statement said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Warner had come into the contest against Sri Lanka downplaying concerns surrounding his lean patch of form, and he reiterated the same point after the match.<\/p>\n

"Everyone was talking about my form, which I reiterated was not a thing I was worried about," he said.<\/p>\n

"It was about going out there and starting well. That's all we're trying to do, apply pressure to the bowlers.<\/p>\n

"Shutting the critics down? No, never. That's the world of sport. When you ride the highs, you've got to ride the lows and you've got to stay confident, keep a smile on your face, and never let it get to you."<\/p>\n

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David Warner has channelled his inner Cristiano Ronaldo after breaking out of his form slump at the T20 World Cup with a half-century against Sri […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151447,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151445\/revisions\/151447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}