Ramos facing a month on the sidelines

It is predicted that Sergio Ramos will be out of action for up to a month after picking up a knee injury in Spain's 2-0 victory over Albania. The club posted his medical report on their official website.

"After tests carried out today on our player Sergio Ramos at the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital, he has been diagnosed with a grade 2 sprain of the medial collateral knee ligament in the left knee. His recovery will continue to be assessed," the report said.

In the past, such an injury would have kept a player out for longer than a month but Real Madrid are hoping that Ramos will be back in action within the next four weeks.