The operation on Ronaldo's injured left knee "went well" but the Brazilian star faces a lengthy rehabilitation as he bids to save his football career. Ronaldo had surgery in Paris on Thursday night, the two-hour operation perfomed by Dr. Eric Rolland with Dr. Gerard Saillant, who carried out a similar repair to his right knee in 2000, in attendance."The operation went well," said Saillant. "The intervention was of the same type as the one in 2000. The healing period should now last nine months," he was quoted in the sports paper L'Equipe.
Ronaldo was injured playing for AC Milan in a 1-1 draw with Liverno on Wednesday night and teammate Clarence Seedorf gave CNN a graphic description of the incident.
"It was like a film I already saw," said the Dutch star who was on the pitch when Ronaldo suffered his previous serious injury.
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