Djordje Vukicevic, duty firefighter, poses with Cristiano Ronaldo's armband which the Portugal captain threw on the pitch after his goal was disallowed in a World Cup qualifier against Serbia, at the Belgrade's firefighting brigade headquaters, Serbia, April 1, 2021. Djordje and his colleagues put up for a charity auction the blue armband with a white letter C to collect money for the treatment of a 6-month-old Gavrilo Djurdjevic from Serbia who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The captain's armband which Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo threw away angrily during a World Cup qualifier against Serbia was bought by a betting company at a charity auction to help fund life-saving surgery for a six-month-old baby.
Serbia's Mozzart said in a statement on Friday that it paid 7.5 million dinars ($75,150) for the armband picked up by a fireman at Red Star's Rajko Mitic stadium.
