Hulk and Alvaro Pereira out for FC Porto's game with Feirense – Portuguese Primeira Liga News
FC Porto’s South American duo, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 and Alvaro Pereira, have been ruled out for the weekend game against Feirense with an ankle injury and a physical problem respectively.
Brazilian International, Hulk, suffered a an ankle sprain against Vitoria Setubal last week and it was said that the forward would not take part in the UEFA Champions League tie against Shakhtar Donetsk, however, he ended up playing and has aggravated his
injury.
The 25-year-old was rushed to the pitch in the last Liga Sagres fixture, only 24-hours after playing an International friendly with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ghana-c2905. The expected fatigue saw him limp off the field and damage his ankle after only one half.
After this he was again given the nod of leading the line against Shakhtar at Estadio do Dragao and although he bagged a brilliant goal, he furthered added to his injury woes and was not present for training today.
Uruguayan International, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Pereira-c5297, has also been sidelined for a couple of days due to physical problems and did not take part in the UEFA Champions League match. While the extent or the exact nature of the problem has not been revealed, it is speculated
that he might have pulled his groin or hamstring but nothing concrete is known as of yet.
With Hulk and Pereira likely to be out, manager Vitor Pereira will have a real selection conundrum against Feirense. The duo are one of the best assets at the club’s disposal and their absence is sure to affect the team.
There is no real attacker in the side that can really produce that magical moment to win the game expect Hulk, and the Champions are likely to struggle without him, even against timid opposition.
Nobody has been able to match the quality of Alvaro Pereira bursting forward or his solidarity at the back, which means that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rolando-c31583 will have to be at his best to deny the home side a result.
Given that one of his star players was possibly injured due to fatigue, Vitor Pereira is likely to keep a rotation policy in the future to ensure that everyone gets playing minutes and is fresh when called upon.
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