Fever-smitten Ronaldo misses training

Brazilian striker Ronaldo, top scorer in his country's march to glory in 2002, missed training with a fever, team doctor Serafim Borges said.

Borges said: "Ronaldo has been treated for a respiratory infection and as a precaution he did not train with the rest of the team on Thursday but he should be fine to train tomorrow."

He had to be taken off in last week's friendly win over New Zealand complaining of blisters in his new boots.

Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said: "Ronaldo is fine. Instead of training with the rest of the team, he stayed in the gym."

The champions open their Group F campaign on Tuesday against 1998 World Cup semi-finalists Croatia in Berlin.