Head coach Zinedine Zidane has employed a rotation
policy in recent weeks to keep his star players fit for key
matches in the Champions League and the LaLiga title
race.
Ronaldo was rested in away games against Leganes,
Sporting Gijon and Granada around their European quarter-
final and semi-final ties, while the 32-year-old also sat out
the midweek trip to Deportivo La Coruna that preceded the
Clasico against Barcelona.
However, Zidane says the Portuguese superstar will be
available when Madrid look to take a three-point lead over
Barca at the top of LaLiga with their game in hand in
Galicia.
When asked if Ronaldo would be part of the squad or
rested, Zidane told a pre-match news conference: "He will
be with us."
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Ronaldo, along with Isco and Lucas Vazquez, will be
suspended for the final match of the domestic season at
Malaga should he pick up a yellow card at Balaidos.
Despite the possibility of losing a key player for what will
be a crunch match at La Rosaleda, Zidane is not
concerned.
He said: "Whatever happens, if they have to play, they play.
The cards as always, they'll do everything they can not to
get a yellow.
"I don't know how long those players have had four
yellows, so we'll keep going. This is football, you know?
"We're just keeping going until the last minute of the last
game. We're not going to relax at all, I promise you that.
Whatever happens, happens. We haven't won anything.
"We've just got two games left and that's it. I'm thinking
positively about the game tomorrow.
"I'm not thinking about anything else, very positive,
focusing 100 per cent on what's ahead of us. I'm just being
positive."
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