Euro 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo must apologise for throwing microphone into lake says Portuguese TV station

The Portugal international took exception to one reporter's question on Wednesday morning

A Portuguese television station has demanded an apology from Cristiano Ronaldo after he threw one of their microphones into a lake.

Ronaldo, who is currently on international duty with Portugal at the European Championships, became annoyed with a Correio da Manha reporter while he was out walking with team-mates on Wednesday morning.

The reporter asked Ronaldo whether he was prepared for that afternoon’s Group F game against Hungary, but the line of questioning appeared to offend the 31-year-old.

Ronaldo subsequently took the journalist’s microphone out of his hand and threw it into a nearby lake. He went on to score twice for Portugal in a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Carlos Rodrigues, Correio da Manha’s director of information, has now insisted on an apology from Ronaldo: "We are as deserving least a formal apology by Ronaldo and the [Portuguese Football] Federation.”

“As captain of the national team, Ronaldo has an institutional role to fulfil,” he added, in quotes picked up by Spanish daily sports newspaper AS.

Rodrigues also claimed that the station’s parent company, Cofina S.A., will take measures "which will be announced in due course - to denounce this unacceptable attitude and to ensure that similar incidents do not happen again in the future."

Ronaldo caused further controversy after the draw against Hungary, which proved enough to send Portugal through to the knockout stage of the competition.

The former Manchester United winger was named the game’s man-of-the-match but did not take questions from journalists in the post-match press conference.

Players who win the award are obliged to field questions from the assembled media after the game but, prior to the session, Uefa informed journalists that Ronaldo only take questions from the governing body’s press officer.