Cristiano Ronaldo’s ankle injury could keep
him out of the first leg of Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey semi-final
against Barcelona on Wednesday.The forward, at £80m the world’s most
expensive player, twisted his ankle in Sunday’s 4-0 league victory over
Getafe in which he scored a perfect hat-trick – right foot, left foot
and header – in just 10 minutes.
The forward, at £80m the world’s most
expensive player, twisted his ankle in Sunday’s 4-0 league victory over
Getafe in which he scored a perfect hat-trick – right foot, left foot
and header – in just 10 minutes.
That means that to play him at the Bernabeu on Wednesday would be a risk but the fact it is the latest installment of El Clasico may persuade Real to gamble on their star man.
Ronaldo was substituted shortly after scoring the third of his goals in a move the club described as ‘precautionary’.
His ankle was instantly treated with ice to minimise any potential
damage and there remains hope he will play but any time on the sidelines
would represent a significant blow to under-pressure manager Jose
Mourinho.
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