( CNN ) -- Real Madrid could be without star striker Cristiano Ronaldo for the next three weeks due to the Portugal captain 's hamstring injury . The world 's most expensive player started in Saturday 's Madrid derby despite coming off with an injury against Lyon in midweek , but left the field in the second half of the 2-1 win over Atletico . He had returned against the French team after sustaining a thigh injury during Real 's 7-0 defeat of Malaga on March 3 . Coach Jose Mourinho admitted he had taken a risk by playing the club 's 26-year-old top scorer , saying : `` I did n't want the championship to end today and Cristiano Ronaldo is very important to us . '' A statement on Real 's website revealed that the former Manchester United player will miss Portugal 's home friendly games against Chile on March 26 and Finland three days later , both in Leiria . He is likely to miss Madrid 's next La Liga game against Sporting Gijon the following weekend , and is battling to be fit to face English club Tottenham in the first leg of the European Champions League quarterfinal on April 5 . `` After a medical control and scan at the Sanitas hospital , Cristiano Ronaldo is suffering from a first-grade lesion to the hamstring in his left leg . The player will be out for three weeks , '' the club said on Sunday . Meanwhile , Villarreal moved up to third place in La Liga with a 1-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday . Marco Ruben 's 58th-minute header put the Yellow Submarine above Valencia on goal difference ahead of the visit by league leaders Barcelona on April 3 . Valencia remained on 54 points , 24 points behind Barca , after suffering a third successive defeat , losing 1-0 at home to Sevilla . Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic fired in a left-foot volley in the 70th minute to boost seventh-placed Sevilla 's hopes of qualifying for Europe , leaving the club behind Bilbao on goal difference . Valencia , beaten 4-0 by Zaragoza last weekend following the club 's Champions League exit , went close to scoring as Brazilian striker Jonas Goncalves hit the post and Juan Mata had an effort pushed onto the bar by Sevilla goalkeeper Javi Varas . Fifth-placed Espanyol suffered a seventh defeat in nine games as Malaga moved off the bottom with a 2-0 home victory . Venezuelan striker Jose Rondon scored both goals to move to 12 this season as his team won back-to-back matches for the first time in 2010-11 . Hercules dropped to the bottom after a 4-0 home loss to 10th-placed Osasuna , with the promoted club left level on 26 points with Almeria -- who lost 1-0 to fellow strugglers Sporting Gijon . Racing Santander stayed a point above Gijon after beating Real Sociedad 2-1 . Levante joined Osasuna and Sociedad on 35 points with a 1-0 win at Deportivo La Coruna thanks to a last-minute winner by striker Ruben Suarez .
Cristiano Ronaldo ruled out for the next three weeks due to a hamstring problem . Real Madrid star will miss international matches and possibly a Champions League tie . Villarreal claim third place in Spain after winning 1-0 against Athletic Bilbao . TL;DR Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Getafe 4-0 at Camp Nou on Sunday.