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- Cristiano Ronaldo's driver waited seven hours at a gas station but left without a drop of fuel.
- The UK is battling a fuel crisis as gas stations across the country struggle to keep up with demand.
- Even megastars like Ronaldo aren't immune from the crisis, which has lasted a week.
- Lower league soccer matches in the country were called off as players and officials could not get to their games.
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Even soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been impacted by a shortage of fuel in the UK with his personal driver apparently waiting seven hours at a gas station only to leave empty handed.
The Sun reports that the Manchester United player's Bentley was spotted on the forecourt of a station near Ronaldo's home.
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It was reported to have been there for seven hours but was unable to get a drop of petrol.
The Bentley, which is valued at £220,000 ($295,000), was then pictured leaving in the early hours of the evening.
The newspaper reports that Ronaldo's driver was waiting for a tanker to arrive but left once they realized none were coming.
"Even with all Ronaldo's money, he's in the same boat as the rest of us," an unnamed source at the scene told the Sun.
"His security waited for hours obviously hoping a tanker would eventually arrive but they were forced to drive off.
"The two men looked so fed up waiting in the rain. Ronaldo might be housebound like everyone else if this keeps up."
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Thousands of gas stations in the UK have run dry following a post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers and panic buyers from consumers.
On Sunday, the Petrol Retailers Association, which represents more than 5,000 of the UK's 8,000 gas stations, reported, per Reuters, that two-thirds of its outlets had run out of fuel, with the rest of them "running out soon."