Injured Ronaldo expects to return in “one or two weeks’’

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Cristiano Ronaldo says he expects to return to action in one or two weeks as he does not think his recent injury is overly serious.

The injury had forced him out of Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Serbia on Monday which ended 1-1.

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Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo went off in the first half with an apparent hamstring injury.

“I’ll know more in 24 or 48 hours,” he told reporters.

“It happens, it’s football. If you go out in the rain you get wet … I’m calm, I’ll be back in one or two weeks.”

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A long absence would be a blow to his Italian club Juventus, who signed Ronaldo last year to boost their chances of winning the UEFA Champions League.

Juventus travel to face Ajax Amsterdam in their quarter-final first leg on April 10 with the return six days later.

Both Ronaldo and coach Fernando Santos said the referee had apologised to them for not awarding a penalty kick to Portugal for handball in the second…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper