- Cristiano Ronaldo will be rested in Real Madrid's La Liga match against Espanyol on at the RCDE Stadium
- Ronaldo should be available for Los Blancos at the weekend against Getafe at the Bernabeu
- The five-time Ballon d'Or winner will be on course to win another if Real qualifies at the expense of PSG in the Champions League
Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Real Madrid's trip to play Espanyol in an outstanding La Liga match on Februrary 27, 2018.
The Portuguese captain has not been named in the Zinedine Zidane's 19-man squad that will take the trip to the RCDE Stadium as Los Blancos will be looking to close the gap on leaders, Barcelona.
The 33-year-old scored a brace and his La Liga 300th goal as Real defeated Alaves by 4-0 at Santiago Bernabeu to remain third on the log.
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In the match against Alaves, Ronaldo should have scored a hat-trick but surprisingly left a penalty kick for teammate, Karim Benzema who converted the spot kick.
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Gareth Bale was also among the scorers to complete the BBC goal-combination for Los Blancos going into Tuesday's match against the Catalan side.
Ronaldo should be available against Getafe at the Bernabeu before the all important Champions League second leg cracker against Paris Saint Germain at Parc des Princes.
Real will take a two-goal advantage to Paris and will face a squad that will be without star man Neymar as it has been confirmed the Brazilian tallisman will be out for up to eight weeks.
But, Ronaldo, who recently said he wanted a sixth Ballon d'Or, already has 11 goals in this season Champions League competition, and will be looking to add to his tally in the prestigious tournament.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Wednesday, 28 February 2018