Ronaldo throws the captaincy in anger, so a firefighter picked it up and sold it for this amount!
The captaincy that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo threw the ground to express his anger at not counting his goal against Serbia in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup was sold at an auction for 64,000 euros to help a sick child, without revealing the identity of the buyer. Present at the stadium during the match, the badge was auctioned until Friday morning on the website "Limundo.com".
Vukisevic, who initially refused to reveal his identity before retracting his decision, contacted a regional sports channel to put up the "CR7" leadership badge by public auction.
His idea was based on a noble goal: to help fund the treatment of the six-month-old baby Gavrilo Djordjevic, who suffers from a rare disease, spinal muscular atrophy, that can lead to paralysis or death.
The cost of treatment is estimated at more than two million euros, noting that Serbia has witnessed in recent years an increase in fundraising campaigns to finance health care for this expensive disease abroad.
Vukisevic said earlier to Agence France-Presse that he suggested collecting money to treat the baby Djordjevic, and recounted by phone: "(Ronaldo) threw the badge three meters away from me and the idea that crossed my mind quickly was that this (the auction) might be an opportunity." Good. "
He continued, "I thought that the eyes were on us now and that we can do something good for Gavrilo."
And after the sports channel "Sport Club" confirmed that the badge was indeed due to Ronaldo by verifying pictures and videos after the match, it cooperated with a charitable organization and published the badge on a special auction site "Limondo.com".
"I hope that we can reach Ronaldo himself ... so that we can help Gavrilo as much as possible," commented Branislav Jucic, responsible for social networking sites in the channel.
The match, which ended Saturday in a 2-2 draw, saw the end of controversy after a long ball reached Ronaldo in the area behind the defenders of substitute Nuno Mendes. He followed it into the net before defender Stefan Mitrovic saved it in the last moments (90 + 3), amid a loud protest from Ronaldo towards The rule of the line is what led to receiving a yellow card.
The Portuguese star had a wave of anger after the final whistle and threw the captaincy on the field on his way to the dressing room.
Follow our latest local and sports news, and the latest political and economic developments via Google news