Report: Cristiano Ronaldo will not talk to media until end of season

The tense relationship between Real Madrid and the Spanish media reportedly took a turn for the worse after the club's 4-3 defeat at home to Schalke on Tuesday.

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Although Real Madrid advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 5-4 win on aggregate, their shambolic defensive performance paved the way for further criticism of their recent form, and Cristiano Ronaldo chose to snub the media after the match.

And it apparently doesn't end there.

According to both AS and ESPN FC, as Ronaldo was ignoring the media, he told them he will not be talking to them again until the end of the season.

It's not entirely clear why Ronaldo took such a stance, but he had already come under fire following Real Madrid's 1-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao over the weekend, and his decline in scoring since the beginning of the calendar year has seen him face a barrage of criticism. In other words, it could be a case of the Portuguese superstar having reached his tipping point.