Cristiano Ronaldo focused on running with the Portuguese team physio, without touching the ball, during training. Tiago Petinga / EPA
Cristiano Ronaldo focused on running with the Portuguese team physio, without touching the ball, during training. Tiago Petinga / EPA
Cristiano Ronaldo focused on running with the Portuguese team physio, without touching the ball, during training. Tiago Petinga / EPA
Cristiano Ronaldo focused on running with the Portuguese team physio, without touching the ball, during training. Tiago Petinga / EPA

Football

Ronaldo concern ahead of Portugal's 2018 World Cup qualifiers

Real Madrid star does light training ahead of Saturday's match against Andorra

Agence France Presse

October 04, 2017

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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo went through a worryingly light training session on Wednesday ahead of two crucial final World Cup qualifiers.

If Euro 2016 champions Portugal beat Andorra on Saturday and current Group B leaders Switzerland in Lisbon three days later they will book a direct slot at Russia 2018.

But on Wednesday Real Madrid superstar Ronaldo, accompanied by a physio, did a little running and hardly touched a ball as the rest of the squad went through a complete work out, according to an AFP photographer.

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