Football Soccer - Spanish Liga BBVA - Real Madrid v Villarreal - Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Spain - 20/04/16. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the match REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo faces a race against time to be fit for the Champions League semi-final second leg with Manchester City on May 4.
Ronaldo was surprisingly omitted from the squad for Tuesday's first leg in Manchester an hour before kick-off. Coach Zinedine Zidane explained after the goalless draw that Ronaldo felt a recurrence of a thigh strain a day earlier in training.
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