Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Wednesday’s game against Galatasaray because of injury. The Portugal international and Ballon d’Or candidate hurt his left hamstring in Saturday’s 5-0 victory at Almeria.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Ronaldo will miss the Group B match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium but could return for Saturday’s Spanish league game against Valladolid.
“Tomorrow he’ll start training on the field again and then we’ll see if he’ll be available on Saturday,” Ancelotti said Tuesday. “If there’s any risk of injury he won’t play. We don’t want to take the risk with him of making it worse.”
Ancelotti said the injury was not serious. If Ronaldo doesn’t play on Saturday, his next game will likely be the last Champions league group match at FC Copenhagen in two weeks because he is suspended for next week’s Copa del Rey match against Olimpic Xativa.