It had been anticipated that Ronaldo would be sidelined for around three weeks after suffering an ankle injury during Madrid's season-opener against Real Mallorca a fortnight ago.

That would have meant the former Manchester United man missing not only both of Portugal's first two Euro 2012 qualifiers, which were played over the last week, but also Madrid's league game with Osasuna and their first Champions League outing against Ajax next Wednesday.

However, the world's most expensive player could feature in tomorrow's encounter at the Bernabeu after Jose Mourinho today included his fellow Portuguese in his 20-man party.

Ronaldo's compatriot Pepe, who has not played competitively for Madrid since last December due to fitness problems, has also been named after recovering from injury.

Kaka, Fernando Gago, Raul Albiol and Ezequiel Garay are missing due to fitness concerns though, while Mahamadou Diarra has been omitted.

Madrid drew their opening fixture 0-0 against Mallorca.