Poulsen joins Juve's injury list
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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Midfielder Christian Poulsen is the latest Juventus player to be ruled out of the UEFA Champions League game against Real Madrid CF on Tuesday after suffering a thigh injury during Saturday's 2-1 defeat at SSC Napoli.
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Further tests
The 28-year-old Danish international was replaced with 16 minutes to play at the San Paolo Stadium and will undergo further tests tomorrow but is expected to be out of action for about three weeks, which would also make him a doubt for the trip to the current Group H leaders Madrid on 5 November. A summer arrival from Sevilla FC, Poulsen has played five games in Serie A and one in the UEFA Champions League this term.
Injury list
Poulsen is joining a long injury list which also includes Gianluigi Buffon, David Trezeguet, Jonathan Zebina, Cristiano Zanetti, Tiago, Mauro Camoranesi, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Nicola Legrottaglie and Olof Mellbeg, with only the last three able to train on Sunday with any hope of playing in midweek. Juve are currently two points behind Madrid in the group table after beating FC Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 and drawing 2-2 at FC BATE Borisov.
