Cristiano Ronaldo was absent from Portugal training on Wednesday two days before their final group stage match in Qatar.
A brace from Bruno Fernandes already confirmed Portugal's qualification for the second round of the competition, and as a result Fernando Santos may look to rest some of his more important stars.
Reports suggest there is no physical issue with the former Manchester United forward, and that he is conducting individual training in the gym.
As such his absence is not thought to be a concern for his country, and the 37-year-old was not the only one to miss out on his country's penultimate practice session before meeting South Korea on Friday.
Porto midfielder Otavio and PSG pair Danilo Pereira and Nuno Mendes similarly missed out, with the former going through recovery work and the latter duo still recovering from their own injuries.
LifeofCR7
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To all the haters.. he’s training in the gym 😌☝🏻
sonart_pro
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Ronaldo changes hairstyle so as to touch every Fernandez goal
Meskana7×
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because he is still busy explaining about the goal Bruno scored that he said he is the one the scored it...
SIDKAUSH
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He probably won't start the match tomorrow as they have already qualified. Guns shouldn't be used in street fight, so the GOAT would probably be rested.
Dostana1234
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he went to saloon at that day😏
kingfab0
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South Koreans on every last game be like