{"id":11390,"date":"2022-03-06T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/06\/cristiano-ronaldos-sister-casts-doubt-over-reason-behind-manchester-derby-absence\/"},"modified":"2022-03-06T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:02:19","slug":"cristiano-ronaldos-sister-casts-doubt-over-reason-behind-manchester-derby-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/06\/cristiano-ronaldos-sister-casts-doubt-over-reason-behind-manchester-derby-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s sister casts doubt over reason behind Manchester Derby absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest social media activity on the part of the sister of Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has caused quite a stir on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>For those not aware, word was forthcoming earlier today that hitman Ronaldo was amongst a trio of key members of Ralf Rangnick\u2019s squad set to miss out on the action in the fast-approaching Manchester Derby.<\/p>\n<p>The others? Edinson Cavani and Raphael Varane:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Varane, like Ronaldo and Cavani, missing for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mufc<\/a> today<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Ducker (@TelegraphDucker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelegraphDucker\/status\/1500467346326142980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The immediate assumption upon news of Ronaldo\u2019s impending absence making its way online, in turn, was that the Portuguese icon had picked up some form of fitness issue, or perhaps an illness.<\/p>\n<p>As alluded to above, however, if the latest social media activity on the part of the 37-year-old\u2019s sister is anything to go by, then this, in fact, may not be the case.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by eagle-eyed fans on Instagram, Katia Aveiro, Ronaldo\u2019s sister, favourited a post a short time ago, which suggested that her sibling has been dropped owing to \u2018tactical reasons\u2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s sister liked this post on Instagram stating that Cristiano is not injured and was left out for \u2018tactical reasons\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbFW8lmUWr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fbFW8lmUWr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TCR. (@TeamCRonaldo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamCRonaldo\/status\/1500476520099459076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Etihad showdown<\/h2>\n<p>The outcome of this evening\u2019s derby, of course, could prove to be crucial when it comes to not only the race for the Premier League title, but also the top-4.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with Sunday\u2019s hosts, Manchester City, desperate to reestablish their 6-point advantage over Liverpool, amid the rampant spell of form being enjoyed by Jurgen Klopp\u2019s troops.<\/p>\n<p>United, on the other hand, are set to be ousted from their Champions League-clinching berth in short order, should Arsenal translate their current 3-1 lead over Watford into all three points.<\/p>\n<p>A derby of vital importance all-round\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/manchester-city-vs-manchester-united-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Manchester City vs Manchester United live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/why-manchester-uniteds-transfer-budget-could-be-slashed-in-the-summer\/\">Why Manchester United\u2019s transfer budget could be slashed in the summer<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The latest social media activity on the part of the sister of Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has caused quite a stir on Sunday afternoon. For those not aware, word was forthcoming earlier today that hitman Ronaldo was amongst a trio of key members of Ralf Rangnick\u2019s squad set to miss out on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}