Ronnie needs Rio therapyRonaldo will be sidelined for at least two weeks after medics in Brazil warned him that Milan had been giving him the wrong treatment.
Il Fenomeno has been out of action since suffering a muscular problem in August and was told this week by Professor Maertens that he would be able to play against Siena on September 15.
However, after that trip to Antwerp he flew out to Brazil for a meeting with Selecao medic Jose Luis Runco.
It is reported he found a lesion on Ronaldo’s knee and ordered a two-week break from football.
“We will apply a treatment we call Growth Factor,†revealed Runco in ‘O Globo.’ “He should stay in Rio for at least a week.â€
Ronaldo’s personal physiotherapist Bruno Mazziotti is also in Brazil with the Milan striker.
This is a tough blow, particularly with the Champions League about to kick off with the Group D opener against Benfica on September 18.
Ronaldo is now likely to miss out on the Serie A meetings with Siena, Parma and possibly the trip to Palermo on the weekend of September 26.
As Alexandre Pato cannot compete in official tournaments until January 2008, this just leaves Pippo Inzaghi, Alberto Gilardino and youth team player Willy Aubameyang.
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