The Portugal captain’s armband which Cristiano Ronaldo angrily threw on the bottom after his objective was incorrectly disallowed in a soccer World Cup qualifier in opposition to Serbia lately, has been offered to an unidentified bidder for $75,000 (Rs 55 lakhs) at a charity auction.
The armband with a white letter C was picked up by Djordje Vukicevic, an obligation firefighter. It was then put up for a charity auction by Vukicevic and his colleagues from Belgrade’s firefighting brigade to gather cash for the remedy of six-month-old boy Gavrilo Djurdjevic from Serbia who’s affected by spinal muscular atrophy.
“Ronaldo was agitated (and) he threw the armband, it fell right next to me,” Vukicevic instructed Reuters on Thursday.
Many Serbians resort to fundraising and humanitarian auctions to gather cash for medical therapies overseas after they can not get satisfactory remedy at dwelling.
Vukicevic stated he was able to promote any memorabilia he might acquire from gamers to assist Gavrilo’s mother and father acquire 2.5 million euros ($2.94 million) for his remedy, however that the armband was a rating.
“The entire crew agreed this (armband) will go for little Gavrilo,” he stated.
In the village of Cumic, simply exterior the town of Kragujevac in central Serbia, Gavrilo’s mom Nevena stated that the proceeds from Ronaldo’s armband can be a major contribution.
“We couldn’t consider that some individuals who don’t even know us… would take the armband, auction it and assist our little one,’ she stated.
On Saturday, the 36-year-old Ronaldo, who performs his membership soccer for Italian champions Juventus, stormed off the pitch and threw down the captain’s armband when he was denied a transparent stoppage-time winner within the 2-2 attract Serbia.
