World Cup - Portugal to ignore Real over Ronaldo

Reuters - Sat, 07 Nov 09:08:00 2009

Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz has said he plans to call up Cristiano Ronaldo for their World Cup play-off against Bosnia even though Real Madrid have said he needs two more weeks of treatment on his injured ankle.

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Real Madrid's record signing injured his ankle in a Champions League match on Sept. 30 and has not played since aggravating it in Portugal's 3-0 win over Hungary 10 days later.

On Thursday, the club said tests conducted by a specialist in the Netherlands revealed he needed another two weeks of treatment.

Real Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano and coach Manuel Pellegrini both said on Friday that the player would not be joining the Portugal squad.

"I am going to call up Cristiano Ronaldo and I hope he can help us even if it is just for a few minutes," Queiroz told the TVI24 news channel.

"I will call him up for sure, then it is a medical question", Queiroz said, adding that the player would be examined the national team doctors.

Queiroz said the squad for the playoff against Bosnia in Lisbon on Nov. 14 and in Zenica four days later would not include Chelsea right back Jose Bosingwa due to a knee injury, but "may include one or two surprises".

The coach is due to announce the squad on Sunday.

Reuters

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  1. TJ i hope you fúcking DIE you geek.

    From peri, on Sat 7 Nov 1:37PM

  2. 12-10 if anybody here is ignorant, then it's you­ both! portugal has much stronger squad than bosnia and­ it would bea huge upset if they failed to qualify.­ they have few world class players like ronaldo,­ sabrosa, carvalho, pepe or bosingwa and few who aspire­ to become one in the future like moutinho, veloso or­ nani so on the paper bosnia is no match, of course­ bosnia has some good players too like bundesliga trio­ and pjanic from lyon but with such leaky defence they­ have very little chance against portugal with or­ without ronaldo!!

    From James, on Sat 7 Nov 11:46AM

  3. Your Highness wishes you well & a speedy­ recovery.....

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Sat 7 Nov 11:21AM

  4. Sorry, poor English...You think you are better and you­ still fear Portungal's presence in the WC South­ Africa.... Portugal here they come and you will be put­ to your right place in South Africa. Big mouthed­ English, you still not better than Spain, Holland,­ Portugal, Germany....And here comes Maradona and­ Brazil....
    you will wish you never went there like you­ didnt at Euro 06

    From TJ, on Sat 7 Nov 10:53AM

  5. id love it portugal lost!! itd serve em right!!

    From chris.shaw47, on Sat 7 Nov 10:38AM

  6. 10- Andrew, do you think most of the idiots out here­ even know these good players. They are probably band­ wagon jumpers, who usually support the team which is­ winning. So talking about style of play or class in­ these forums seldom is of any use. Most of the guys­ like No 8 are totally ignorant of even the basic stuff.­ So you are just wasting time here trying to put your­ point across, seriously, no point

    From pdh30452000, on Sat 7 Nov 10:25AM
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    hala amadrid!

    From Harvey, on Sat 7 Nov 9:25AM

  8. 8 - lol you obviously haven't been following­ football of late because the Bosnians produced several­ class attacking players who are better than­ Portugal's current crop: Dzeko, Ibisevic, Misimovic­ and Pjanic prove that. Ronaldo is the only player who­ is better at the moment.

    From Andrew, on Sat 7 Nov 5:56AM

  9. portugal has too much quality and class to stumble in­ the tie with bosnia. they don't need ronaldo now.­ let him fully recover. it was bad enough they forced­ him to play with hungary. queiroz should be sacked­ regardless, he did an awful job so far with the top­ quality players portugal has.

    From il l, on Sat 7 Nov 12:42AM

  10. Personally I would like Bosnia to be in world cup but­ reality sets in.How in the world will fifa have world­ cup without best player in the world not playing?just­ answer me a this question? Its like Lakers without­ Kobe!!! Fifa is about money and promotion do you think­ they care about football?

    From GQToni, on Fri 6 Nov 11:59PM

  11. Portugal will beat bosnia with 2 goal in first leg of­ encounter

    From Kunlex, on Fri 6 Nov 9:51PM

  12. edin dzeko and vedad ibisevic will be in south africa.­ bosnia will progress, watch this­ space.........................................

    From Ibee, on Fri 6 Nov 9:40PM

  13. let him play hes @#$% when he plays for Portugal

    From ken.ward71, on Fri 6 Nov 5:54PM

  14. anthony - nani already got the portuguese a shot at­ qualification when thye looked down and out with­ ronaldo playing!
    Personally, i haven't rated­ nani's club performances so far but he has been­ much better at international level & scored a few­ vital goals for portugal during qualifying. You­ can't simply analyse his club form and then say he­ will be poor for portugal when he has actually helped­ them get nearer to qualification.

    From shujaahmad2004, on Fri 6 Nov 5:26PM

  15. Ronaldo will be the person to say if he plays or not.­ He's the best player in the world and should want­ to play in the world cup next year. If he doesn't­ play in the qualifier,Nani won't carry Portugal to­ South Africa.

    From anthony, on Fri 6 Nov 4:20PM

  16. As U2 once have sung, ''With or Without­ You'', Bosnia is going to South­ Africa!!!
    Naprijed Bosna.

    From dumpors, on Fri 6 Nov 2:28PM
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