Zinedine Zidane will not rush Cristiano Ronaldo back from injury, with the Real Madrid coach urging patience.
Ronaldo is nursing a knee injury following a heavy collision with France's Dimitri Payet during Portugal's 1-0 victory in July's Euro 2016 final.
Asked about Ronaldo following Wednesdays' 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in the International Champions Cup in New Jersey, Zidane told reporters: "Right now [Ronaldo] still has his injury.
"Obviously he wants to be back but we need patience and for him to be calm.
"He will be back with us soon in Madrid."
On life without three-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo some day in Madrid, Zidane added: "He'll always be Cristiano. You're not going to see another Cristiano. He's been and he is an important player to Real Madrid.
"He'll stop some day like everybody but right now he's with us and he's good with us."
Full-back Danilo came off the bench to sink Bayern with 11 minutes remaining at MetLife Stadium, and Zidane added: "Overall I am very happy with what we have done this preseason. the work we have done."
"I'm happy with his performance, happy to have him here with the team playing his first 45 minutes along with players like Luka Modric and Sergio Ramos, getting rhythm," said Zidane.
"[James] is here with us and, as our team will keep working, we will look to get better as a team."
