Cristiano
Ronaldo, who is still feeling the effects of a thigh injury, and Real Madrid
teammate Pepe will both miss Portugal's World Cup warm-up match against
Brazil-bound Greece on Saturday.
"Ronaldo
will be with us but will not play... and Pepe will also not play,"
Portugal coach Paulo Bento said Friday.
Ronaldo sustained the
injury late in the season, but Bento said there was no specific timetable to
get the Portugal captain back on the pitch.
"We're not going to
set down a calendar for his return to competition," Bento said, adding
that he wanted to take "no risk".
Central defender Pepe,
making his comeback after a calf injury, trained on Thursday and Friday, having
remained on the bench during Real's Champions League final victory over
Atletico Madrid last Saturday, Ronaldo having played all 120 minutes in that
match.
Portugal leave Monday for
the United States where they will play Mexico and the Republic of Ireland in
friendlies.
The Portuguese have been
drawn in Group G at the World Cup and will face Germany on June 16 in Salvador,
the United States a week later in Manaus and then Ghana on June 26 in Brasilia.
Credit: Supersport.com
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