“We will be stronger with the presence of Cristiano in the team," argued Nuno Gomes. "But we have a good team; there are Nani and several other strikers. We also have Joao Moutinho.”
This statement by the former Seleccao striker summed up the belief that all Portugal could do in the World Cup in Cristiano Ronaldo's absence was remain optimistic.
Their hopes of a successful campaign were deeply shaken when news of their Real Madrid ace picking up a thigh injury came out. This setback was followed by the revelation of yet another injury to the 2013 Ballon d'Or winner, casting his ability to participate in Brazil into much doubt.
Portugal's World Cup hopes took a huge blow as the news of CR7's injury broke
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Fortunately though, FIFA's world number four ranked team in the world can breathe a sigh of relief now as their Los Blancos star has made his return to training, four days ahead of the kick-off on June 12, as quoted on the Portuguese Football Federation's official website.
The positive news kept on rolling as Ronaldo was joined by Super Lig-winning midfielder, Raul Meireles, of Fenerbahce, who also made his return to training after the duo missed out on Portugal's last two warm-up games, against Greece and Mexico.
Much to Portugal's delight, CR7 returned to training with his national team
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The Real Madrid star will now look at making the Seleccao's opener vs Germany
Fenerbahce midfielder Raul Meireles will also make his comeback after overcoming his thigh injury
With Portugal's opening game against Germany coming on June 16, the Seleccao are made to wait on the availability of Cristiano's Les Merengues team-mate, Pepe, who is yet to fully recover from the calf injury that he received in the Madrid side's Champions League final win over Atletico Madrid.
UNFORTUNATE: Pepe, though, is still sidelined from the national team
