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The fitness of Cristiano Ronaldo is once again a concern for
Portugal after the Real Madrid forward was forced to leave a
training session an hour early on Wednesday.
The 2013 Ballon d’Or winner’s fitness has been a constant
worry for boss Paulo Bento, with the 29-year-old battling
tendinosis in his knee as well as a long-standing thigh
complaint.
Ronaldo was a slight doubt for his country’s World Cup 2014
opener against Germany on Monday but managed the full 90
minutes as his side were hammered 4-0 in Salvador.
Bento is now hoping his captain will be fit for what has
become a crunch Group G clash with USA on Sunday.
Portugal’s all-time leading scorer could now be a doubt,
however, after spending the final 60 minutes of his team’s
session at Ponte Preta’s Estadio Moises Lucarelli in Sao
Paulo with an ice-pack pressed to his knee.
He has regularly trained apart from the group in order not to
further aggravate his knee problems and Portugal fans will
hope the decision to end training early was merely a
precautionary measure.