Injured Ibrahimovic to miss Spanish “Clasico”
April 9th, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 9 (DPA) Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Saturday’s “Clasico” between Spanish leaders Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The Barca striker - who scored the only goal in Barca’s home defeat of Real in November - has not recovered from the pulled muscle in his right leg that he suffered a week ago.
Coach Josep Guardiola will now have to decide between teenager Bojan and veteran Thierry Henry to lead the attack, alongside the in-form Lionel Messi and Pedro.
The other injury absentee in the squad announced Friday is left-back Eric Abidal.
The good news for Barca is that defender Gerard Pique and midfielders Andres Iniesta and Yaya Toure are fit.
Real have not yet announced their squad. They are sweating on the fitness of playmaker Kaka, striker Karim Benzema, midfielder Lassana Diarra and defender Ezequiel Garay.
Real and Barca are level on 77 points after 30 games, the highest total ever amassed by the top two in the history of La Liga.
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