Cristiano Ronaldo hurt in training, but expects to play in Champions League final

When Cristiano Ronaldo takes the pitch in the Champions League final on Saturday, he might not be 100 percent. Ronaldo suffered a knock in training on Tuesday, going down under a hard challenge by Dani Carvajal.

He might be hurting, but there’s no chance he won’t play in the game. “I had a small problem in the training session, a ‘bocadillo’ as they say in Spain,” said Ronaldo. “But tomorrow or the day after I will be fine.” Zinedine Zidane agreed, though he mentioned that Ronaldo had another knock earlier as well. “There will be no problem with that,” he said. “We had a game among ourselves on Saturday and [Ronaldo] didn’t play, but [only] as a precaution as he felt something small.”

It’ll be a shame if he can’t be anywhere near his best at the final against Atlético Madrid.

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