Champions League - Marquez out for season

Eurosport - Tue, 28 Apr 22:37:00 2009

Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez will miss the rest of the season after injuring his left knee in the goalless Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea.

FOOTBALL 2008-09 Champions League FC Barcelona / Rafa Márquez Marquez / Foto EFE - 0

Marquez stumbled and went down clutching his left knee just after half-time at the Camp Nou and has damaged the external meniscus.

Coach Pep Guardiola has limited options in central defence for the return leg after Carles Puyol, who came on to replace Mexico international Marquez, was booked for a late tackle on Florent Malouda.

As a result he will miss the match in London on Wednesday May 6 through suspension.

Marquez will also miss Saturday's 'Clasico' when Liga leaders Barca face champions Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

Reuters

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  1. Chelsea should be ashamed of their cowardly display .­ So disgraceful !!

    From Tim, on Wed 29 Apr 7:52PM
  2. shame to see Marquez go down...he is my favourite­ Mexican player.

    From Joel, on Wed 29 Apr 7:48PM
  3. abidal will partner pique in the center of defence end­ sylvinio will play on his left wing no problem

    From AvtoT, on Wed 29 Apr 2:59PM
  4. Message No. 12. Barca

    The only statistic that counts­ is this Barcelona 0-O Chelsea. So much for the Camp­ Nou, and by the dramatics and hysterics of the­ Barcelona diving brigade I think that "camp"­ is an appropriate word.

    From Tarquinius S, on Wed 29 Apr 1:43PM
  5. big blow

    From Varnavas P, on Wed 29 Apr 12:41PM
  6. Dear Yahoo, is there a translation service available to­ enable normal English speaking followers of this site­ to understand the comments posted? Whilst a little­ precis for the sake of speed and brevity is fine with­ me, some of these postings are complete gibberish. ­
    Chelsea are not my favourite team but they showed­ character and resiliance last night and if Drogba had­ been able to finish off his goal scoring chance the tie­ would have been over last night. Now that Barcelona­ have lost two defenders for the second leg Chelsea­ should make the final and guarantee yet another English­ European Champions success.

    From Steve J, on Wed 29 Apr 8:23AM
  7. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Why are the spanish players so weak,bunch off­ crybabys.But the worst was that piece of @#$% drogba,is­ should be suspended for his acting

    From rafascrackingup, on Wed 29 Apr 8:13AM
  8. Barca just dominate the game but not­ win...hahahahahaaaa..very poor performance..barca were­ not a sharp shooter really..19 shot but not 1 inside­ the goal.....you are a loser next week game without so­ many a key player like puyol,marques­ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah....the­ next week game Chelsea will attack Barca...defenitely­ different match from yesterday match i think..

    From Muzamil, on Wed 29 Apr 7:11AM
  9. to comment 21

    Carles Busquets is almost good as puyol­ and marques so it won't be an issue, and by the way­ with chelsea poor attacking why bother to much about­ defense. Well let me guess chelsea is looking for a­ draw at home so we can have penalties ( I don't­ want to see JT crying like a baby again like last year­ against MU, poor JT).

    From vosfodo, on Wed 29 Apr 5:03AM
  10. barca_nr_1,
    bottom line
    Barcelona a big Zero ­ chelsea Zero

    wit h Marquez and puyol out, i­ don't see barcelone winning, maybe drawing thru.

    From soolc1, on Wed 29 Apr 3:59AM
  11. and i agree wit holly smith innit

    From AlexH, on Wed 29 Apr 3:59AM
  12. i dont see wat your tryin to say wit the stats other­ than we fouled alot (wit only 30% pos.). how many of ur­ players went down callin for a foul? wat bout­ alves' antics? there wer a couple legit fouls that­ they let go, but it was 4 both sides. + havin the ball­ for 70% of the time and with havin the midfield and­ forwards have and not scoring out of 19 shots....lol u­ got stopped n ur pissed off hahahahahahahaha.

    From AlexH, on Wed 29 Apr 3:58AM
  13. all london final. @#$% the spanish n manc cnuts

    From Holly S, on Wed 29 Apr 3:52AM
  14. he's just scared to face the mighty chelsea again

    From yip, on Wed 29 Apr 2:02AM
  15. Just to show you how Barca dominated­ Chelsea. Well,­ here are the facts they tried to­ hide.

    Barcelona­ Chelsea
    Shots (on Goal) 19(6)­ 3(1)
    Fouls 7 20
    Corner­ Kicks 10 2
    Offsides 4­ 3
    Time of Possession 70%­ 30%
    Yellow Cards 2 2
    Red­ Cards 0 0
    Saves 1 6

    the­ stats speak for themselves

    From barca_nr_1, on Wed 29 Apr 1:47AM
  16. Just to show you how Barca dominated­ Chelsea. Well,­ here are the facts they tried to­ hide.

    Barcelona­ Chelsea
    Shots (on Goal) 19(6)­ 3(1)
    Fouls 7 20
    Corner­ Kicks 10 2
    Offsides 4­ 3
    Time of Possession 70%­ 30%
    Yellow Cards 2 2
    Red­ Cards 0 0
    Saves 1 6

    the­ stats speak for themselves

    From barca_nr_1, on Wed 29 Apr 1:43AM
  17. Just to show you how Barca dominated­ Chelsea. Well,­ here are the facts they tried to­ hide.

    Barcelona­ Chelsea
    Shots (on Goal) 19(6)­ 3(1)
    Fouls 7 20
    Corner­ Kicks 10 2
    Offsides 4­ 3
    Time of Possession 70%­ 30%
    Yellow Cards 2 2
    Red­ Cards 0 0
    Saves 1 6

    the­ stats speak for themselves

    From barca_nr_1, on Wed 29 Apr 1:42AM
  18. barca vs arsenal final

    From fadli, on Wed 29 Apr 1:19AM
  19. chelsea were poor and bollock, the german thug,should­ have been sent off, barton is more of an honest player.­ going to be a man u v barca final. man u win as ref­ will give a penalty.............mark my words. ­ arsenal nearly there, 2010 may be their year.

    From nathan, on Wed 29 Apr 12:37AM
  20. CHELSEA-ARSENAL final

    From iancampbell11, on Wed 29 Apr 12:06AM
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