Ronaldo Denies COVID-19 Protocol Violation After Italy Return

 

Ronaldo denies COVID-19 protocol violation after Italy return Published 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 authorisation 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. Juventus said on Thursday that Ronaldo, who claims to not have the “slightest symptom”, returned to Italy in a “medical flight authorised by the competent health authorities”. The entire Juve team were back in isolation on Wednesday evening after American midfielder Weston McKennie tested positive. Both McKennie and Ronaldo are in quarantine and must test negative before rejoining their teammates. Under UEFA rules a player must provide evidence that he is no longer sick a week before a European match.