Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé starred in UEFA’s most viral photo yet. The forward of the Portugal team and the one of France exchanged their shirts at the end of the match that measured their two teams in the third and final match of the group stage. After the draw (2-2) with which the match was settled, both teams went to the second round of the Eurocup. Ronaldo and Mbappé were hunted by UEFA joking in the dressing room tunnel, an image that is already viral on the networks.
Both France and Portugal managed to survive group F or group of death to stay alive in Euro 2020. Both teams faced each other in the decisive meeting of the group stage, resolved in a draw (2-2) with a double from Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo . With that result and the one that occurred at the Allianz Arena in Munich between Hungary and Germany , the world champion team passed as first and the defending champion, as third. The festive atmosphere for both teams was also experienced in the dressing room tunnel, with Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo as protagonists.
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Cristiano Ronaldo & Kylian Mbappe 😀#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/tHVGhSdzp1
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 23, 2021
Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo exchanged their shirts at the end of the game at the Ferenc Puskas in Budapest and were hunted by UEFA jokingly between them. The photo was published on social networks and accumulates thousands and thousands of ‘likes’, in addition to being one of the most shared during this Euro 2020.
Earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo had shared his shirt with his former Real Madrid teammate, Karim Benzema. Both were the protagonists on the pitch and showed the good relationship they maintain after sharing the Madrid dressing room for years. The path of France and Portugal could cross again in this European Championship at the height of the semifinals, but first they will have to overcome the first obstacle. The French team faces Switzerland while the Portuguese face Belgium.
