As Liverpool prepare to play Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday, drinks brand Ribena has pulled off a coup of its own: an exceptional football-themed advert.
The cartoon, posted on the Ribena Twitter account on Friday afternoon, features Liverpool hero James Milner dreaming of himself holding the Champions League trophy and riding a bottle of Ribena.
Night, night @JamesMilner #AllezAllezAllez #RoadToKiev #YNWA #Ribena pic.twitter.com/88LxIo6RQ5
— Ribena (@RibenaUK) May 25, 2018
The strange cartoon stems from a rather funny comment Milner made after Liverpool beat Roma to qualify for the final.
After the match, a presenter asked if he would be settling down with a glass of Italian red wine after the game.
Milner responded: “I might stretch myself to a glass of Ribena”.
With that one statement, memes and jokes began pouring in.
I don't want to overlook Saturday – but watching James Milner down Ribena from the Champions League trophy on Sunday will be a beautiful sight….
— Ben Webb (@BenWebbLFC) May 24, 2018
Will fill my bath tub with Ribena if Milner assists/scores tomorrow and will lie in it for 24 hours.
— Devesh (@LFCDev) May 25, 2018
I don't like Ribena but if James Milner likes Ribena I've decided that I also now happen to like Ribena.
— Simran 🌸✨ (@_ItsSimran) May 4, 2018
Milner’s gonna be having ribena on the rocks tomorrow night
— Josh (@thejoshsimmons) May 25, 2018
Even other footballers got involved.
A heavy night on the @RibenaUK with @JamesMilner tonight celebrating his win last night! 😂😂😂 #stretchmyselfoutforaribena #ribena #milner #championsleague #lfc pic.twitter.com/eEN9lNXdz3
— Stephen Warnock3 (@StephenWarnock3) May 3, 2018
With that wonderful cartoon, there’s only one question left to ask:
how long till Milner become the brand ambassador for Ribena? 😂
— Ayunda Zikrina (@Ayunda_Zi) May 25, 2018
