Football
Dermot Corrigan, Madrid correspondent 8y

Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos in Real Madrid training for Real Betis trip

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and club captain Sergio Ramos look set to feature in Sunday evening's La Liga game at Real Betis after both came through training on Friday without any apparent issues.

Ronaldo had missed a group session earlier in the week, but was out with his teammates at Madrid's Valdebebas training ground on Friday under the guidance of new coach Zinedine Zidane.

Centre-back Ramos missed last weekend's 5-1 home win against Sporting Gijon with a calf injury, but is expected to replace either Pepe or Raphael Varane against Betis -- city rivals of his first club Sevilla.

Gareth Bale is definitely out of the game at the Estadio Benito Villamarin with a calf problem suffered against Sporting, with James Rodriguez or Jese Rodriguez likely to take the Wales international's place in Zidane's XI.

Earlier in the week Madrid confirmed that the squad had put in some hard physical training sessions, but on Friday the club said that work was mostly done with the ball.

"The squad completed their fourth session of the week and continued preparing for Sunday's game against Betis [20:30 local time]," the statement said.

"Zidane counted on Castilla player Marcos Llorente in [the] session. Bale, for his part, continued his process of recuperation."

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