UEFA will remove bottles of beer from Euro 2020 press conferences if Muslim players facing the media make the request, European football’s governing body confirmed on Friday.France midfielder Paul Pogba, a Muslim who does not drink alcohol, removed a bottle of non-alcoholic beer from the view of the cameras when he answered reporters’ questions earlier in the tournament.”We ask Muslim players if they agree to have (bottles) or not,” a UEFA spokesman told AFP.No school like the old school – Russia’s head coach does the opposite of the Coca-Cola EURO 2020 trendHeineken, one of the main sponsors of Euro 2020, “agrees with this approach”, the spokesman added.Pogba’s gesture came after Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo removed a bottle of Coca-Cola from one of his press conferences at the tournament and indicated people should drink water instead.© Agence France-Presse
