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Juventus Turin star Cristiano Ronaldo broke travel restrictions imposed to fight Covid by going to a ski resort, Italian media said Thursday.

The Portuguese striker has reportedly traveled to Courmayeur, 150 kilometers northwest of Juventus headquarters, for the birthday of his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez.

A compromising video on the networks

Contacted by AFP, the club declined to comment.

Georgina Rodriguez, who turned 27 on Wednesday, apparently posted a video of the couple riding a snowmobile to her Instagram account.

It then withdrew it, but it had already been taken up by several Italian news sites.

According to the sports daily

La Gazzetta dello Sport,

Ronaldo and Georgina spent Tuesday night in a hotel in Courmayeur and took a tour of the snow-capped slopes of the ski resort the next morning, before returning to Turin.

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El crack portugués y su novia habrían violado las normas contra el COVID, al pasar dos días in Courmayeur, in Valle de Aosta, weighs a que esté prohibido salir de su región, Piamonte.

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Already a controversy in October

According to Italian rules against the coronavirus, the couple should not have left the city of Turin.

However, they not only left their municipality of residence, but also its region, Piedmont, to go to the neighboring region of Valle d'Aosta where Courmayeur is located.

They each risk a fine of 400 euros.

The 35-year-old footballer had already been the subject of a controversy linked to the coronavirus: he had gone to Portugal in October when Juventus was in isolation after the discovery of two positive cases.

Ronaldo had subsequently tested positive himself, and had returned to Italy to spend a few weeks in isolation at his home.

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