Cristiano Ronaldo limps out of training with knee packed in ice as Portugal’s World Cup goes from bad to worse

fter a disastrous start to their World Cup  campaign, Portugal have been dealt another blow after  Christiano Ronaldo  was pictured limping out of training with his knee heavily strapped. There had been serious doubts over the  Real Madrid superstar’s fitness ahead of the tournament, after a thigh problem and tendonitis in his knee forced him to miss training and two warm-up matches.

Ronaldo declared himself ’100 per cent’ fit on the eve of Portugal’s opening 4-0 demolition at the hands of Germany but, although he managed to play the entire game, he was largely peripheral and failed to change the course of the result.

Injury blow! Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been suffering from thigh and tendonitis problems, is helped up

At a stretch: Cristiano Ronaldo is taken through some exercises before leaving the session 30mins early

Walk of pain: Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the training session to watch from the sidelines

It now appears that the Ballon d’Or winner has suffered a recurrence of his knee problems after receiving treatment during a training session in Campinas.

Ronaldo was taken through a series of stretches before having his left knee bandaged with an ice pack and helped off the field 30minutes before training finished. Ronaldo watched the rest of the session from the sidelines.