CRISTIANO Ronaldo was back in training and sporting a rather noticeable shiner after he copped a boot to the face against Deportivo La Coruna.
CR7 has been in poor form and linked with an exit from Real Madrid this season, and he’s even had to be defended by coach Zinedine Zidane for using the doctor’s phone to assess his injury on the field.
Ronaldo’s act was widely mocked, with photos later emerging to show the severity of the cut.
The Portuguese star took the blow from opposition defender Fabian Schar as he stooped to head in Madrid’s sixth goal - his second - in Real’s 7-1 La Liga win at the weekend.
The 32-year-old remained down and was immediately attended to by the club’s medical staff who escorted him off the pitch.
“We can’t control what people say. He just took the phone to have a look at what had happened, to see if it was a big or small cut - that’s all,” Zidane told a news conference.
“He wanted to know whether or not he could continue or not; that’s what he told us in the dressing room and for me that’s it. They stitched him up and now he’s coming back. The fact he’s training with his eye as it is shows just how important it is for him to play.”
The injury means Ronaldo will miss Real’s Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg at home to local rivals Leganes on Thursday morning AEDT, although the former Manchester United star had been rested throughout the competition.
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