Real Madrid's Rodrigo trains with ball after knee injury
The Real Madrid winger returned to ball work after a cruciate ligament injury and is expected back between December and January, with Ancelotti watching.
Rodrigo has trained with a ball for the first time in six months, Marca reports, a step towards recovery from the cruciate ligament injury in his knee. The Real Madrid winger is expected back between December and January.
What remains is the last stage: regaining match sharpness and rhythm, and full confidence in the operated knee. The 25-year-old has yet to play under José Mourinho, the club's new head coach.
Carlo Ancelotti, who manages Brazil, is following his progress. The Italian visited the Valdebebas training ground last month to assess Brazilian players there, Rodrigo among them, as the winger is part of his plans for the national team.
If the December-January timetable holds, Rodrigo would return for the second half of the season, and
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