CONFIRMED - Cristiano Ronaldo NOT playing in Real Madrid friendly tonight!

Yesterday I wrote about rumours saying that Cristiano Ronaldo (along with three other players) would not be playing in the Real Madrid friendly match tonight.

Today it has been officially confirmed by Real Madrid that Cristiano Ronaldo along with Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso will be staying in Madrid while the rest of the team will be going to Alicante to play against Hercules.

It is thought that the Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has omitted the four star players to give them time to rest before the new season begins.

Real Madrid will be playing Hercules tonight at 10.00pm (Spanish time) 9.00pm (UK time) Don't forget to tune in! I'll be updating and twittering etc during the match!

The Real Madrid line-up for tonight's match is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Dudek, Adan

DEFENDERS: Carvalho, Marcelo, Arbeloa, Drenthe, Mateos, Juanan

MIDFIELDERS: Ozil, Khedira, Lass, Granero, Canales, Gago, Pedro León, Van der Vaart, Di Maria, Juanfran

FORWARDS: Benzema, Higuain, Joselu
 
 
Source - http://www.realmadrid.com/
Picture - http://www.hollyscoop.com/