Barcelona will have to do without the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 after the striker fractured his tibia in FIFA Club World Cup encounter against Al Sadd.
The 4-0 routing of the Asian champions came with a bitter result for the Catalan team, who will have to rethink their strategy after the sad injury.
It was initially feared that Villa will have to spend at least six months on the sidelines after picking up the injury during the first half of the contest. Such a length injury lay-off would have meant that Villa will not be a part of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque’s
Euro 2012 squad.
But after undergoing tests at the Rosai Hospital in Yokohama, it has been revealed that the striker can be back within four months, maximum five.
The Spanish record international scorer has returned to Catalonia after suffering the injury and will undergo surgery on the problem in the coming days. It is the first instance that the talismanic attacker has been injured in a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 shirt since joining
from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 in 2010.
Following the horrific injury, Pep Guardiola refused to talk on how long Villa will be away from first team duty.
When asked about a potential replacement, he stated that it is too soon to talk about replacements at the time. Continuing on the subject, he stated that winning Club World Cup is his top priority at the moment.
"Villa is going back for an operation. Don't ask me about a replacement for that particular player, we will have to play without him to become champions of the world," the trainer told reporters.
Barcelona take on the challenge of Brazilian club, Santos in the final of the competition. Guardiola stated following the injury that they will do their best to make full use of the available resources.
"We will try to our best in the circumstances we find ourselves, we would like to be world champions."
"http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pele-c40189 used to play there and they have developed many wonderful players. They have great young players now, too, and are a very competitive club," he explained.
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