The Portuguese star missed the first leg with a thigh problem he picked up against Villarreal, and has also been absent from La Liga matches against Rayo Vallecano and Real Sociedad.
But he is nearing a return to action after coming through a full training session unscathed on Monday and is widely expected to make the starting XI against City.
However, manager Zinedine Zidane described Ronaldo as “100 per cent” fit on the eve of the first leg, before he felt a twinge in the final training session.
According to Goal, Madrid are unlikely to take any risks with the 31-year-old and his fitness will continue to be monitored despite encouraging signs over the past week.
Madrid go into the match with City knowing that a score draw wouldn’t be enough to progress to the final, while Ronaldo is one strike away from equalling his record for most goals scored in a single Champions League season.
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Real Madrid will meet Manchester City in tomorrow's game played at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In their last meeting, the score was 0-0. I wonder if Zidane's team prepared us with a surprise for tomorrow. Based on the past results of the two teams, I would expect for Real Madrid to perform well during this meeting and win this game. It should be interesting to see if Ronaldo will score during this match as he has a good average in terms of goals scored / match.
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