Severe injury, Afellay could not play a long

Barcelona - The Barcelona player collapsed again due to injury blow. Ibrahim Afellay must enter the treatment room in a long time due to a knee injury.

As reported by Reuters, Afellay got the injury while on a routine training with the first team on Thursday (09/23/2011) local time night or Friday morning pm.

Afterward Barca team doctors immediately took him to the therapy room and Afellay convicted anterior ligament damage in his left knee. Consequently Affelay had to undergo surgery.

Not yet known how long the Dutch footballer's passport should be absent. But the type of injury, recovery usually takes about six months or more. This means Afellay will be sidelined at least until March.

Afellay second time this season after an injury suffered in pre-season session and then suffered a thigh injury. In this season the former PSV Eindhoven player was not even playing.

Means Pep Guardiola had to lose two players up front, after Alexis Sanchez also left for eight weeks due to a hamstring injury.



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