Cristiano Ronaldo ruled out of Real Madrid's Champions League match with Galatasaray

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Wednesday's Champions League game against Galatasaray because of injury

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal international and Ballon d'Or candidate, who hurt his left hamstring in Saturday's 5-0 victory at Almeria, will miss Real Madrid's Champions League tie with Galatasaray .

Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Ronaldo will miss the Group B match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium but could return for Saturday's Spanish league game against Valladolid.

"Tomorrow he'll start training on the field again and then we'll see if he'll be available on Saturday," Ancelotti said Tuesday. "If there's any risk of injury he won't play. We don't want to take the risk with him of making it worse."

Ancelotti said the injury was not serious. If Ronaldo doesn't play on Saturday, his next game will likely be the last Champions League group match at FC Copenhagen in two weeks because he is suspended for next week's Copa del Rey match against Olimpic Xativa.

Anceloti said either Angel Di Maria or Jese would take Ronaldo's place against the Turkish club.

"I have two options and I'll decide which one tomorrow," Ancelotti said from Madrid's training ground.

Ancelotti said center back Raphael Varane would also likely be unavailable until the next Champions League game in Denmark as he rests a sore right knee. The France defender may need more surgery.

"We had a meeting yesterday with the doctors and the player and we decided his knee needs some time off to rest and recover," the Italian coach said. "For 10 or 12 days he won't play and we hope his knee doesn't swell during this time.

"He won't have surgery, he only needs to rest and that's all."

Madrid is already without injured midfielder Sami Khedira and defender Fabio Coentrao, while midfielder Luca Modric is suspended for the game. But midfielder Xabi Alonso and defender Marcelo were included in the 19-man squad despite injury concerns.

Madrid leads Group B with 10 points and can secure its place in the next round with a draw on Wednesday.