Kaka on road to recovery and is back in training

REAL Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka touched the ball during a training session on Thursday for the first time since he was sidelined at the end of November with a hernia, the Spanish club said.

“Kaka appears to have recovered from his sports hernia and today got his first feel for the ball in several weeks. He and Cristiano Ronaldo teamed up during the second half of the session to work on various drills,” the club said in a statement.

Real will hold two more training sessions before they face Osasuna in the league tomorrow in Pamplona and it is not yet clear if the 27-year-old will be called up for the match.

The Spanish giants have won all four of their matches in Kaka’s absence, leading some in the Spanish media to suggest that Real play better without the 65mil summer signing from AC Milan.

But Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, who has replaced Kaka during his absence, is also in doubt for the match as is Spanish midfielder Guti.

Real went into the Christmas break two points behind leaders and champions Barcelona in the La Liga.

-AFP

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