{"id":357167,"date":"2011-04-01T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/real-madrid-boss-mourinho-reveals-ronaldo-benzema-marcelo-are-out-of-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T10:41:00","slug":"real-madrid-boss-mourinho-reveals-ronaldo-benzema-marcelo-are-out-of-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/real-madrid-boss-mourinho-reveals-ronaldo-benzema-marcelo-are-out-of-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid boss Mourinho reveals Ronaldo, Benzema &#038; Marcelo are out of Champions League clash with Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Apr 2011 11:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.188477951636\">\n<div readability=\"12.678947368421\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/68dcc7a5126517_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"38.81126173097\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> trio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/1945\/cristiano-ronaldo-dos-santos-aveiro\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/8261\/karim-benzema\">Karim Benzema<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/14600\/marcelo-vieira-da-silva-j%C3%BAnior\">Marcelo<\/a> have been ruled out of Tuesday\u2019s Champions League quarter-final first leg against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo\u2019s absence will be a major blow to the Madrid side, with the Portuguese international sidelined with a hamstring injury and assumed to be facing a race against time to be fit for the home clash.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Real boss Jose Mourinho received confirmation from the clubs medical staff that Tuesday\u2019s tie will come too soon for the 26-year-old, who will instead have to wait until the following weekend&#8217;s game against Athletic Bilbao to return to action, with French forward Benzema and Brazilian left-back Marcelo also ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctors have made it clear that Benzema, Ronaldo and Marcelo will not be ready before the game against Athletic de Bilbao,&#8221; Mourinho was quoted as saying<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Adebayor is likely to start up front on his own against Tottenham, but Mourinho did receive some positive news regarding another of his strikers, Argentine Gonzalo Higuain, who has been out of action for several months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Higuain&#8217;s recovery is great news for us,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He&#8217;s back to full fitness again and will be very important for us in the final stages of the season. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to congratulate him and the medical staff on his quick recovery. They&#8217;ve done a great job. I hope that the fans will give him a warm welcome when he returns to the pitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese coach also took the time to discuss his future at Real Madrid and stated that he&#8217;s very happy at the Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I still have a contract for four years, but that&#8217;s not what&#8217;s important here. What counts is that everybody&#8217;s satisfied. I will stay put as long as everybody&#8217;s happy. I&#8217;ll stay here if the players, fans and club&#8217;s direction want me to stay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/68dcc7a5126517_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/04\/01\/2421125\/real-madrid-boss-mourinho-reveals-ronaldo-benzema-marcelo\" title=\"Real Madrid boss Mourinho reveals Ronaldo, Benzema &amp; Marcelo are out of Champions League clash with Tottenham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Madrid boss Mourinho reveals Ronaldo, Benzema &amp; Marcelo are out of Champions League clash with Tottenham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 1 Apr 2011 11:41:00 Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid Related Links Teams Players Real Madrid trio Cristiano Ronaldo , Karim Benzema and Marcelo have been ruled out of Tuesday\u2019s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Tottenham . Ronaldo\u2019s absence will be a major blow to the Madrid side, with the Portuguese international sidelined with a hamstring injury and assumed to be facing a race against time to be fit for the home clash. Yet Real boss Jose Mourinho received confirmation from the clubs medical staff that Tuesday\u2019s tie will come too soon for the 26-year-old, who will instead have to wait until the following weekend&#8217;s game against Athletic Bilbao to return to action, with French forward Benzema and Brazilian left-back Marcelo also ruled out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-357167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real Madrid boss Mourinho reveals Ronaldo, Benzema &amp; Marcelo are out of Champions League clash with Tottenham - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/real-madrid-boss-mourinho-reveals-ronaldo-benzema-marcelo-are-out-of-champions-league-clash-with-tottenham\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Real Madrid boss Mourinho reveals Ronaldo, Benzema &amp; Marcelo are out of Champions League clash with Tottenham - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 1 Apr 2011 11:41:00 Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid Related Links Teams Players Real Madrid trio Cristiano Ronaldo , Karim Benzema and Marcelo have been ruled out of Tuesday\u2019s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Tottenham . 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