Brazil striker Ronaldo will be cleared to play in the World Cup semi-final against Turkey tomorrow after coming through a fitness test with no sign of discomfort.
Ronaldo came off during the quarter-final victory against England last Friday after feeling pain in his right thigh and has since been undergoing intense physiotherapy and taking anti-inflammatory tablets.
He went through a gentle work-out yesterday to give coach Luiz Felipe Scolari optimism that his joint leading scorer would be fit to face Turkey.
And while Ronaldo looked to be holding something back in reserve on Tuesday as the Brazil squad worked out on the eve of the match, there were no signs of any recurrence of his thigh problem.
The Brazilian medical staff were understood to be confident that the centre-forward should be fit to start the match in Saitama.
With Ronaldinho suspended following his red card against England, there should therefore be just one enforced change to the line-up.
Edilson filled the attacking role alongside Ronaldo in an 11-a-side training session, although Juninho and Denilson, who were the two brightest players for the 'reserve' side, were both used there on Monday.