The in-form forward has often been rested ahead of key Champions
League fixtures and Zinedine Zidane has again given him a break for the
match at Los Carmenes, with the second leg of their semi-final against
Atletico Madrid coming up on Wednesday.
Ronaldo is also one yellow card away from a suspension that would
potentially rule him out of playing Sevilla at Santiago Bernabeu on May
14, which may have influenced Zidane's decision.
Madrid know that 10 points from their last four games will be enough
to see them crowned champions for the first time since 2012 and will now
face Tony Adams' relegated side without Ronaldo, who scored a hat-trick
in the 3-0 first-leg win over Atletico and five goals in the previous
round against Bayern Munich.
Madrid were already without forward Gareth Bale and defender Dani Carvajal due to injury.
In addition, Raphael Varane is not risked against Granada after
missing training on Friday with what Zidane described as a "niggle" and
while fellow centre-back Pepe is back in training, he will not return
until next week.
Along with Ronaldo, Zidane has left out first-choice goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
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