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    Real Madrid and Portugal clash over Ronaldo injury

    Reuters

    Friday, November 6, 2009

    A row has broken out between Real Madrid and the Portuguese Football Federation over whether injured forward Cristiano Ronaldo should be called up for the two-legged World Cup play-off against Bosnia. The first leg is in Lisbon on Nov. 14 and the second in Zenica four days later and federation chief Gilberto Madail said on Thursday that Ronaldo wanted to play and would be joining up with the squad. Real have said he needs two more weeks of treatment on his ankle and director general Jorge Va ...

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