Portugal's Guerreiro confirms fractured leg
Portugal left-back Raphael Guerreiro will miss the rest of the Confederations Cup after revealing on Thursday that he has been playing with a fractured leg for months. The Borussia Dortmund defender had to be helped off in the second-half of Wednesday's 1-0 win over Russia in Moscow when Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner. Guerreiro has confirmed he has a fracture and implies he has been playing with the injury for weeks, which he aggravated before going off in the 65th minute in Moscow. "Thank you for your messages, I have a fracture, but it happened three months ago," Guerreiro wrote on his official Instagram account. "Fortunately, the fracture is not causing me any pain, but I can't put my foot on the ground or move. "I'll be behind my team-mates for the rest of the competition." It remains to be seen whether Guerreiro will be fit for the start of the season with Dortmund with the Bundesliga to kick-off on August 18. Ronaldo's eighth-minute header gave the European champions their first Confed Cup win in Russia and a victory over New Zealand on Saturday would secure a semi-final spot.
