Bangkok--27 Jun--Carlsberg Thailand
Lucky Fan from England Presents the Carlsberg Man of the Match Award to Andrea Pirlo at UEFA EURO 2012? Finals
Today Chris Slinn from England fulfilled a lifelong dream to travel to the European Football Championships in Ukraine and got an insight behind the scenes, as he presented Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo with his Carlsberg Man of the Match Award at the UEFA EURO 2012? England v Italy match in Kiev, Ukraine. (Match 28 England v Italy on 24 June 2012)
A delighted Chris after the presentation said, “This has been the best Sunday of my life — an unbelievable experience!”
Carlsberg, now in its seventh consecutive European Championships tournament sponsorship, has been recognising the courage and passion in those fans willing to show the world what they would do to be at UEFA EURO 2012?, by helping them get closer to the action. Fans who have stepped up and done the right thing have been rewarded with hundreds of prizes, ranging from merchandise to match tickets and the ultimate reward — the chance to present a Carlsberg Man of the Match Award at one of the 31 UEFA EURO 2012? matches.
Andrea Pirlo was chosen as the Carlsberg Man of the Match by fans and UEFA Legend Christian Karembeu. Pirlo said, “I'm very happy to get this award but the most important thing is we are into the semi-finals; we deserved it. We created a lot of chances, but their goalkeeper's ability, and our bad luck... it can happen, you can't always score in football. Now we have a few days to recover in order to be fit for Thursday's game.”