Cristiano Ronaldo has returned from Real Madrid’s pre-season tour of North America with the flu and is in doubt for Portugal’s friendly on Wednesday against Liechtenstein, the Spanish side said Monday.
The 24-year-old striker will join up with his national side “if the flu which he is suffering from allows it”, Real Madrid said in a statement posted on their website.
Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz named Ronaldo, who joined Real from Manchester United in June for a record 94 million euros, last Thursday in his 18-man squad for the friendly international in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
The game is the last chance for Queiroz to fine tune his team for upcoming qualifiers against Denmark and Hungary on September 5 and 9.
After six of 10 qualifiers Portugal sit third in Group 1, seven points behind leaders Denmark.
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