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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.
That means that to play him at the Bernabeu on Wednesday would be a risk but the fact it is the latest instalment 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.
On Wednesday, Real begin a run of
fixtures that will define their season – they face league matches with
Sevilla and Barca, both legs of their Champions League knockout clash
against Manchester United and then the second leg of their Copa del Rey
semi-final with Barca.
The first leg would also be the latest battle between Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the two best players in the world.
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