Cristiano http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 misses training for second day running – La Liga News
Real Madrid's talismanic attacker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, missed training for the second day in a row. The forward sprained his left ankle against Atletico Madrid and faces a race against time to be fit for match against Sporting Gijon.
The Portuguese international suffered a grade I sprain after bruising his left ankle. Ronaldo was on the receiving end of a strong challenge from Atletico right-back, Luis Amaranto Perea, in the Madrid derby and limped off the pitch at the end of the match.
The former Manchester United player did not train with his teammates on Tuesday and Wednesday, as La Liga encounter against Sporting Gijon draws nearer.
Ronaldo in enjoying a prolific season in front of goal this far, and leads the Pichichi race after 13 Spanish top flight matches. The 26-year old has scored 16 goals in the current campaign to go along with 6 assists.
Controversy over excessive physicality of Atletico players at Santiago Bernabéu continues, with Los Blancos players voicing their opinions.
Real Madrid teammate, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045, did not like Perea’s tackle on Ronaldo and stated that Ronaldo is lucky not to have contracted a serious problem.
He said that he understood the game and its rules as a contact support but their rivals on Saturday went a bit far.
“Perea entry was hard, luckily not as serious as could be. We accept that football is a contact sport, sometimes you get sometimes give you and accept it naturally. We must not give more laps."
Regarding the availability of Ronaldo, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 reflected that even though he has yet to train with the team but he believes that he will be available for the match against Sporting Gijon.
"He has not trained with the team, but hopefully I can get to the game of Gijon,” he said.
An important piece of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/José-c19246 Mourinho’s jigsaw puzzle, Ronaldo has stated that he wants to forget about the injury as soon as possible and wants to be incorporated in the team at the latest.
Real Madrid are flying high in UEFA Champions League and La Liga. The Spanish titans have a six-point league over second place http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 and have qualified for the knockout stage of the European competition with a game in hand as group leaders.
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