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Euro 2020 organisers will stop placing bottles of alcohol-free Heineken in front of Muslin players after Paul Pogba removed the tournament sponsor's drink last week.
The France and Manchester United star Pogba, who is a devout Muslim, took a bottle out of view as he conducted his post-match press conference following France's 1-0 win against Germany last Tuesday.
Now teams, managers and players are being asked beforehand whether they would object to having the bottles of Heineken 0.0 on the podium on religious grounds, as revealed by The Telegraph.
Devout Muslim Paul Pogba removed a Heineken bottle during his press conference last week
Now, UEFA officials have confirmed that players and managers will have a choice to object to speaking behind the bottles of alcohol-free beer on religious grounds
Pogba's stance last week followed Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo removing bottles of Coca-Cola before his side's opening game against Hungary.
The world superstar seemed annoyed at the presence of the fizzy drink in shot and put them to side, before shouting 'Drink Water!' to the camera.
He then brandished a water bottle and placed it in front of himself for the remainder of the interview, muttering 'Coca-Cola' with noticeable disdain.
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