Neymar and Ronaldo appear in bizarre phone commercial in make-believe boxing fight
- Two of the biggest names in football go ‘mano-a-mano’ in video that has been seen more than 2.6 million times
- Twitter users ask ‘who they got?’ if they had to back the fighter to win
Portuguese idol Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian superstar Neymar are among the world’s most famous footballers with millions of followers in their Instagram and Twitter accounts.
They are also rivals on the pitch: Ronaldo is the five-time Fifa World Footballer of the Year, who inspired Juventus to another Serie A title last season, while embattled Paris St-Germain striker Neymar helped perennial favourites Brazil reach last year’s World Cup quarter-finals.
What if you put the two most gifted footballers of this generation in the ring and have them settle their differences? Well, that’s kind of what happened as the soccer superstars appeared to go mano-a-mano in a video that is going viral.
But relax, the video wasn’t actually a boxing fight but an ad campaign that will be released soon.
A brief clip was uploaded last weekend featuring the pair in boxing shorts, wearing gloves and squaring off in the ring. A beefy referee, some fans and photographers give more life to the make-believe scene.
We are not exactly sure what the ad is promoting but it has something to do with the Portuguese technology company MEO (a subsidiary of the Altice Group).
