Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has indirectly hit back at Italian sports minister on Friday after Vincenzo Spadafora indirectly accused Juve star of breaking health rules after testing positive for COVID-19.

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has indirectly hit back at Italian sports minister on Friday after Vincenzo Spadafora indirectly accused Juve star of breaking health rules after testing positive for COVID-19. Also read: Mourinho could use a creative position for Tottenham star Bale: Glenn Hoddle According to Italy's sports minister, the Juventus forward might have infringed the rules by flying back to Italy from national team duty in Portugal after he tested positive for the virus earlier this week. During an Instagram live on Friday, Ronaldo hit back and said he had done everything by the book. "A gentlemen here in Italy, whose name I won't mention, said I didn't obey the protocol - that's simply a lie," said Ronaldo in an Instagram post from his Turin villa, where he is in quarantine and asymptomatic. "I followed all the protocols and I will continue to follow them, my conscience is clear.... Everything I did was authorised." 5-time Ballon d'Or Ronaldo on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19 while he was with the Portugal squad and flew back in a private jet the following day. "They said I broke Italian law and this and that... it's all lies, I did everything properly," he added. "We did everything the right way -- leaving the (Portugal) team, in the air ambulance, arriving in Turin... I did not have contact with anyone." Spadafora later replied in an interview with the Italian news agency Ansa. "The fame and skill of certain players does not entitle them to be arrogant, disrespectful to the institutions and to lie," he said. "On the contrary, the more well known you are, the more you should feel the responsibility of thinking before speaking and setting a good example. "I'm not going to continue with this matter forever," he added. "I'm not talking about it again and I repeat my wish that everyone who has tested positive recovers quickly." (Inputs from Reuters)

'Simply a lie':  Cristiano Ronaldo hits back at the Italian sports minister

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'Simply a lie': Cristiano Ronaldo hits back at the Italian sports minister