What better ambassador than Cristiano Ronaldo, the famous Portuguese captain, for the fight against spinal muscular atrophy?
CR7's moody gesture on Saturday night, after the 3-2 goal was unfairly denied him despite entering the opposing net, will serve a good cause.
The captain's armband thrown out of spite on the Belgrade lawn by Cristiano Ronaldo at the very end of Serbia - Portugal (2-2) on Sunday was auctioned on Tuesday to help a sick child.
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While the score was 2-2 between Portugal and Serbia, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 3-2 goal in the 93rd minute but his goal was refused by the referee as the ball crossed the line well. goal !
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One of the stewards present during the match picked up the armband that the Portuguese star had just threw angrily to the ground.
He immediately contacted a regional sports channel with the idea of ââputting it up for auction.
The man explained, on condition of anonymity, that he wanted to help a six-month-old baby with spinal muscular atrophy, Gavrilo Djurdjevic, and help fund his treatment.
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(Ronaldo)
threw the armband three meters away from me, nobody tried to take it back after the game and the idea immediately occurred to us that it could be a good opportunity.
I realized that we had attracted attention and that it could be a good thing âfor little Gavrilo, explained the steward.
"I hope we can reach Ronaldo"
The sports channel Sport Klub organized the sale after verifying the authenticity of the armband on the basis of photos and videos of the meeting.
She contacted a charity to put the item up for sale on the Limundo.com auction site.
"I hope that we can reach Ronaldo himself (...) in order to help Gavrilo as much as possible", added the person in charge of the social networks of the chain.
Spinal muscular atrophy is a neuromuscular disease that affects approximately one in 10,000 births. Left untreated, muscles weaken, gradually progressing to paralysis or death, frequently before the second birthday.
The cost of the treatment is estimated at more than 2 million euros.
In Serbia, fundraising campaigns to finance expensive healthcare abroad have increased in recent years.
It is common to see the faces of children plastered by the side of the road.
Millions of euros have been raised in the Balkan country where the average monthly salary is less than 500 euros.
A few hours after its auction, the armband had reached the sum of 350,000 dinars (around 3,000 euros) while the site also invited people to help the child by donating directly to the charity.