Lyon: Cristiano Ronaldo threw a reporter's microphone in a lake on Wednesday after objecting to being approached hours before Portugal's crunch Euro 2016 match against Hungary.

Before scoring two goals in Wednesday's 3-3 draw against Hungary, Ronaldo, 31, had endured a frustrating time in France, hitting the post with his second-half penalty attempt in Saturday's goal-less draw with Austria.

He also drew criticism after slamming Iceland for their "small mentality" after the minnows held Portugal to a 1-1 draw in their opening match.

The Real Madrid superstar was in no mood to talk when a reporter, Diogo Torres, from the TV station of Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha approached him during a morning team walk at a lake in Lyon, just hours before kick-off.

Video of the incident shows the reporter asking: "Ronaldo, ready for the game today?"

But without a word or glance at the journalist, Ronaldo took his microphone and threw it in the lake, then carried on with the team stroll. There is a history of bad blood between Ronaldo and Correio da Manha, who he successfully sued after the Portuguese newspaper printed details of his private life.

"I asked Ronaldo if he was prepared for the match," Torres, the reporter, told BBC Sport. "He didn't answer. He grabbed my mic and threw it into the lake.

"I'm not sure why he did it. I think it was a momentary thing. I think he would not have done it if he had thought about it.

"We are a TV channel of a major newspaper in Portugal. We produce a lot of news about him. Some of it he doesn't like...

"Perhaps that's why he did it. But it wasn't a personal thing.

"I've not had an apology from Ronaldo or the team. We travelled to France on the same plane with the players and will fly back with them," he added.

Later in the day, however, Ronaldo became the first player to score at four European Championship tournaments with a brilliant back-heel flick against Hungary. He also set a finals appearance record.

Ronaldo's equaliser five minutes after halftime in the Group F game made the score 2-2 and he scored again with a header after 62 minutes to level it at 3-3, having broken the record for number of appearances at Euro tournaments in his 17th game.

Ronaldo, who set Portugal's all-time appearance record in internationals with his 128th cap in their last Euro 2016 match against Austria, moved ahead of former France defender Lilian Thuram and ex-Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar on 16.

Ronaldo is the record scorer at Euro finals and in qualifying with a total of 28 goals.