Ronaldo suffers an injury which would sideline him between 9 months and one year

Brazilian striker suffered Wednesday rupture of the patellar tendon in his left knee, which is a departure from the playing field for nine months to a year.

Adriano Galliani, AC Milan owner expressed his regret at the serious injury of Ronaldo:

"It's a problem with the tendon in his left knee, not the knee that operated in the past. Not yet know the magnitude, but is a serious problem. "

The injury came just three minutes after replacing Alberto Gilardino in the meeting finally Milan drew 1-1 at Livorno.

The Brazilian, who was off on a stretcher on the field amid grand gestures of grief and tears that were though to hide her face with both hands, suffered the injury when he jumped and fell ill in a corner.

Marco Amelia, Livorno goalkeeper said: "I felt an ugly noise, like a blow, a strange noise."

Via: Yahoo