Soccer Extreme : Cristiano Ronaldo will be out of action for around three weeks with a bruised right ankle, his club Real Madrid said today. The world's most expensive player suffered the injury during Real's La Liga opener at Real Mallorca on Sunday, which finished 0-0.
He will miss Portugal's Euro 2012 qualifiers at home to Cyprus and away to Norway as well as Real's league game against Osasuna and their Champions League opener against Ajax.
Ronaldo's injury underlined a disappointing start to José Mourinho's tenure as Real Madrid's manager, with the club's sporting director, Jorge Valdano, saying of the draw: "In the second half we clearly deserved to win but we lacked precision in our finishing.
"These deficiencies are not normal in our players but are normal at this time of the season. We must remember that Cristiano [Ronaldo] and [Gonzalo] Higuaín last season gave us more than 50 goals." (guardian)
He will miss Portugal's Euro 2012 qualifiers at home to Cyprus and away to Norway as well as Real's league game against Osasuna and their Champions League opener against Ajax.
Ronaldo's injury underlined a disappointing start to José Mourinho's tenure as Real Madrid's manager, with the club's sporting director, Jorge Valdano, saying of the draw: "In the second half we clearly deserved to win but we lacked precision in our finishing."These deficiencies are not normal in our players but are normal at this time of the season. We must remember that Cristiano [Ronaldo] and [Gonzalo] Higuaín last season gave us more than 50 goals." (guardian)