La Liga - Alves out for three weeks with thigh injury
Eurosport - Tue, 20 Oct 23:57:00 2009
Barcelona defender Daniel Alves will be sidelined for around three weeks after he damaged his right thigh muscle in the 2-1 Champions League defeat by Rubin Kazan.
The pacy Brazil right-back pulled up in the final minute of the match and was replaced by Sergio Busquets.
Barca said on their website he could miss six matches - three in La Liga, two in the Copa Del Rey and the return match in Kazan on November 4.
"It's a very serious piece of news," coach Pep Guardiola said.
"He's a player we thought was indestructible but the human body always has a limit."
Guardiola is likely to switch captain Carles Puyol across from central defence as cover.
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no what about the match against real madrid no alves
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