Ronaldo Denies Breaking Virus Protocol After Italy Return

Date: 17 October 2020 - 22:04

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TURIN, Italy (Dispatches) - Cristiano Ronaldo shot back at Italy’s sports minister on Friday by denying that he broke the coronavirus protocol adopted for the country’s football after returning from international duty while positive for the disease.
Juventus forward Ronaldo is currently quarantined at his home in Turin after travelling from Portugal in an air ambulance following a positive Covid-19 test while with his national team for Nations League matches.
"I never broke the protocol,” Ronaldo said on Instagram, adding that he travelled after gaining authorization to do so and had avoided contact with other people.
"Someone, whose name I’m won’t say, here in Italy ... says that I didn’t respect the protocol, that is simply a lie.
"I am continuing my quarantine, I am alone, my family is on another floor, we can’t be in contact and it will be like that at least for the next 10 days.”
Minister of Sport Vincenzo Spadafora said on Thursday that he thought the Portugal captain Ronaldo had broken protocol by leaving Italy while Juventus were in isolation following two Covid-19 cases among the team’s non-playing staff.