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Cristiano Ronaldo travels to Spain for rehab after sustaining hamstring injury

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Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo ⁠will travel to Spain for rehabilitation after sustaining ‌a hamstring injury, Saudi Pro ‌League leaders Al Nassr's ‌coach Jorge Jesus said on ‌Friday.

[p]The 41-year-old, who has ‌netted 21 goals in 22 games this season ‌in the SPL, was ⁠injured ‌in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/al-fayha-Meknfpi2/al-nassr-h4I89ZuE/?mid=6VO41JUG"]3-1 win[/a] over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-fayha/Meknfpi2/"]​Al-Fayha[/a] on Saturday.[/p][p][b]"After examining [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ronaldo-cristiano/WGOY4FSt/"]Ronaldo[/a]’s injury, it ​became clear that he needs a period of ⁠rest ​and treatment, so we decided to send him to Spain,"[/b] Jesus told a ‌press conference.[/p][embed guid="f5575748-b87f-4b0b-a9f9-117d27462e64" url="https://x.com/AlNassrFC_EN/status/2029663419138298099" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"The medical staff diagnosed Ronaldo’s condition and confirmed that he is unable to take part in tomorrow’s match or the following one (against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-khaleej/UanWW9fq/"]Al‑Khaleej[/a])".[/b][/p][p]It remains unclear whether the ‌five-time Ballon d'Or ​winner will be fit to ‌participate in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portugal/WvJrjFVN/"]Portugal[/a]'s friendlies against Mexico on March 29 and the US on April 1.[/p]

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