Dubai: Portugal's Correio da Manha TV channel has demanded an official apology from football star Cristiano Ronaldo after he threw the microphone of one of its journalists into a lake.
Carlos Rodrigues, head of Public Relations at Correio da Manhã TV branded the incident "very serious" adding that "it's an embarrassment to the whole nation.”
He continued: "At the very least we believe we deserve to be given a formal apology from Cristiano Ronaldo. As the captain of the national team, Cristiano Ronaldo has an institutional role to fulfill".
During the team's morning walk, accompanied by the press without any restrictions, a journalist approached the Real Madrid and Portugal star to ask if he was ready for the match on Wednesday against Hungary in group F of Euro 2016.
Without responding verbally, Ronaldo snatched the journalist's microphone and threw it into the water.
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