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World Cup Brazil: Cristiano Ronaldo's Injury

Tendonitis injury, the Cristiano Ronaldo's injury, is a chronic degeneration of the microfiber tendon knee, and the main challenge is to provide a fast and no sequelae recovery for the soccerplayer.

This injury is an inflammation of the tendon, which if not handled correctly it turns into something chronic after a period of time, which turns the complete rehabilitation hard to find.

The main challenge of the tendinosis is that the excessive rest, which allows the fibers of the tendon to recover, causes the quadriceps to be weaker, which in turn softens the tendon tissue and makes the athlete start from zero.

At the same time, if the recovery treatments are very aggressive, the player risks a faster degeneration of the tendon microfibers and delay of the rehabilitation.

It is possible that Ronaldo may be available to play in the first game of World Cup, in which Portugal plays against Germany on 16 June. Although it is difficult to be fully recovered from tendinosis injury there.

The FPF (Soccer Portuguese Federation) made public, for the first time, this patella injury after four medical reports that didn't notice any kind of muscle injury.

Despite the optimism shown by the FPF officials and his squad fellows, Ronaldo's injury was like a bucket of cold water in the Portugal team.

The Ronaldo's long season, who admitted having played the final of the Champions League last May 24th physically limited, worries even the Real Madrid's the leaders.

The Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez said Ronaldo should not line up while he is not healthy.

Even the coach Paulo Bento acknowledged last week that there was no date to reinstate the Portuguese Team's captain and stated that never takes risk on the players health because the human being comes first.

However, the National Portuguese Team loss is evident. Cristiano Ronaldo made 12 goals in the last ten matches, his best sequence has international player.

In Group G of the Brazil World Cup, Portugal will play against Germany on June 16th, United States June 22th and Ghana June 26th.

Champions League: Real Madrid Dominates

Striker Cristiano Ronaldo and defender Pepe are in the list of 18 players of Dream Team 2013/14 edition of the Champions League, which includes, besides the two Portuguese international, five other players of Real Madrid .

Apart from the Portuguese, Sergio Ramos and Carvajal defenses, midfielders Di María , Modrić and Xabi Alonso are the other  "merengues" selected by the UEFA Technical Study Group (TSG) which selected 18 players, the same number who coaches from the "Champions" teams select for each game of the competition, without revealing the initial 11player squad.

The winner of the final competition, held at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on May 24th, dominates the list of the Dream Team 2013/14, with three more players than the other finalists, Atletico Madrid, which is represented in the "squad" by the keeper Courtois, defender Diego Godin , midfielder Gabi and striker Diego Costa.

With so many players selected as Atletico Madrid comes Bayern Munich with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm's defense, midflielder Toni Kroos and Arjen Robben's striker.

FC Barcelona, ​​Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint - Germain are represented with one player each, with midfielder Iniesta and strikers Marco Reus and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, respectively.

Champions League Final: Man of the Match: Di Maria

Angel Di Maria: "It's good to win at the Estadio da Luz" 

The former player of Sport Lisboa e Benfica and now at Real Madrid CF Di Maria, was named "Man of the Match" and, upon receiving the award, recognized winning in the Estadio da Luz is special. 

"The truth is it's good to win here at the Estadio da Luz. The stadium is beautiful and I am very happy. I knew it would be fantastic", he said. 

Real Madrid won 4-1 in overtime.

Champions League: Real Madrid 4 - 1 Atlético Madrid

First goal of the game was made by Diego Godin of Atletico de Madrid after Casillas had a bad left from the goal. The goal that save Real Madrid from losing was made by Sergio Ramos at minute 90+3 of the game. 

In extra time, with Atlético Madrid's team tired and injured, Real Madrid could easily go up to the Atletico's defense. Di Maria, the man of the match, went to the left side and tried to finish but Curtois saved but the ball left to Gareth Bale who made the 2-1 to Real Madrid. With Atletico's team completed finished the brasilian Marcelo went through the middle of the Atletico's defense and made his goal even with Curtois effort. Last but not least a fault was done on Cristiano Ronaldo and himself strike the penalty and the final 4-1 to Real Madrid.

World Cup Brazil: Portuguese 23-man final squad

Of the three big clubs (Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Futebol Clube do Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal) in Portugal , the club of the Invicta, Futebol Clube do Porto, is the one which is represented by only one player, with Silvestre Varela this, unlike the two international of Benfica and Sporting.

From the provisional 30-man squad, FC Porto could put two players, Varela and Quaresma, but Paulo Bento has cut the name of Quaresma from the final 23-man squad who will participate in the world soccer championship.

In the last call, for Mundial2010, Porto managed to put four players, three of them remain in the current list, but now representing other clubs: Beto, Bruno Alves and Raul Meireles. Rolando ( Inter ), which at the time represented the blue and white colors, was also part of the final squad but, this time, was one of seven names cut.

Benfica, with André Almeida and Ruben Amorim, and Sporting, with Rui Patricio and William Carvalho, both will be represented by two players. SC Braga is the Portuguese club most represented in the final 23-man squad, with Eduardo, Rafa and Éder.

Portugal are in Group G with Germany, Ghana and the United States.

The players to be dropped are:
goalkeeper Anthony Lopes (Lyon)
defenders Antunes (Malaga), Rolando (Inter Milan)
midfielders Andre Gomes (Benfica) , Joao Mario (Vitoria FC)
forward Ivan Cavaleiro (Benfica)

The final 23-man squad is:

Goalkeepers:
Beto (Sevilla),
Eduardo (Braga)
Rui Patricio (Sporting).

Defenders:
Andre Almeida (Benfica)
Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce)
Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid)
Joao Pereira (Valencia)
Neto (Zenit)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Ricardo Costa (Valencia).

Midfielders:
Joao Moutinho (Monaco)
Miguel Veloso (Dinamo Kiev)
Raul Meireles (Fenerbahce)
Ruben Amorim (Benfica)
William Carvalho (Sporting).

Forwards:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Eder (SC Braga)
Helder Postiga (Lazio)
Hugo Almeida (Besiktas)
Nani (Manchester United)
Rafa (Braga)
Varela (FC Porto)
Vieirinha (Wolfsburg).

Real Madrid is a nursery

Many players with physical problems: Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe and Di Maria. Cr7 only played 8 minutes against Real Valladolid.