Cristiano Ronaldo and his mother, after the scudetto won by Juve in May 2019. - Marco Bertorello / AFP

Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo did not train with Juventus Turin on Tuesday to travel to his native Madeira island at the bedside of his mother, who suffered a stroke, reports the local press in the archipelago Portuguese. "All we can say is that he is not in training for personal reasons," said the Italian club without further details.

A "quick visit"

According to the local newspaper Diario de Noticias da Madeira, the fivefold Golden Ball was expected Tuesday afternoon in Funchal, the regional capital, for a "quick visit" which should allow him to return to Turin the next day and participate in the half -final return from the Italian Cup between his team and AC Milan on Wednesday evening.

Her mother, 65, was hospitalized after a stroke at dawn on Tuesday in Funchal. She was conscious and in a state deemed stable. Dolores Aveiro is very close to her 35-year-old son, who lost his father about fifteen years ago.

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