Cristiano Ronaldo injured his ankle while scoring Real Madrid’s first goal in Sunday’s 2-2 Clasico draw with Barcelona.
Ronaldo exited at halftime, and was quickly diagnosed with a slightly sprained ankle.
Zidane, most importantly, said the injury should not affect Ronaldo’s participation in the Champions League final on May 26.
The Real Madrid star received treatment on the field immediately after the goal. After a few minutes of limping around, he stayed in the game for the rest of the first half. He looked relatively fine, and had two big opportunities to put Real Madrid up 2-1.
But he was subbed off at halftime, with Marco Asensio replacing him.
The substitution sounds to have been precautionary. El Clasico didn’t mean much for Real Madrid. The Champions League final, in 20 days, obviously does. And Ronaldo has the World Cup coming up next month. It would be very surprising to see Ronaldo miss either.
But still, Real Madrid fans and the entire nation of Portugal will be holding their collective breaths.