Injured Drogba to sit out today's match
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October 20, 2012, Saturday
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Didier Drogba will miss a Shanghai Shenhua's game in the Chinese Super League today due to an ankle injury sustained when Senegal fans rioted during a match against his national side last weekend, the club said.
The former Chelsea striker, who has just arrived back in China after international duty for the Ivory Coast, will not play against seventh-placed Changchun Yatai, manager Sergio Batista said yesterday.
A club official described the injury to his right ankle as "light". At a practice session yesterday, Drogba was visibly limping though he kicked the ball with his left foot.
French striker Nicolas Anelka and Colombian midfielder Giovanni Moreno were also hurt and would not play in the game, Batista said.
"Drogba, while playing for his national team, was kicked and has some foot swelling," said Batista, according to a transcript of the news conference posted by media website Shanghai Online. The club official said: "In the riot at the Senegal match, Drogba received a bit of a light injury, but the situation is not serious."
Explaining why the other players would not take part, Batista said: "Moreno's foot has some swelling. Nico has pulled a thigh (muscle)."
Drogba scored twice in Ivory Coast's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Senegal, which had to be abandoned in the second half because of rioting fans.
With just three matches to go in the season, Shenhua is languishing in ninth place.
The former Chelsea striker, who has just arrived back in China after international duty for the Ivory Coast, will not play against seventh-placed Changchun Yatai, manager Sergio Batista said yesterday.
A club official described the injury to his right ankle as "light". At a practice session yesterday, Drogba was visibly limping though he kicked the ball with his left foot.
French striker Nicolas Anelka and Colombian midfielder Giovanni Moreno were also hurt and would not play in the game, Batista said.
"Drogba, while playing for his national team, was kicked and has some foot swelling," said Batista, according to a transcript of the news conference posted by media website Shanghai Online. The club official said: "In the riot at the Senegal match, Drogba received a bit of a light injury, but the situation is not serious."
Explaining why the other players would not take part, Batista said: "Moreno's foot has some swelling. Nico has pulled a thigh (muscle)."
Drogba scored twice in Ivory Coast's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Senegal, which had to be abandoned in the second half because of rioting fans.
With just three matches to go in the season, Shenhua is languishing in ninth place.
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