Ronaldo out of Madrid squad for Sevilla clash

Luka Modric and James Rodriguez will also be missing for the second leg of the last-16 tie in the Copa del Rey.

Zinedine Zidane has opted to rest Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric for Real Madrid's Copa del Rey encounter with Sevilla.

Ronaldo also missed the first leg of the round of 16 tie, with Madrid cruising to a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu without their star attacker.

He then returned to the starting XI for the 5-0 win over Granada at the weekend, but will be allowed to sit out Thursday's clash again.

Modric, meanwhile, has featured for the full 90 minutes in Madrid's first two games of 2017, but Zidane does not need the Croatia international at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.