COLOGNE, June 24 (Reuters) - Switzerland defender Philippe Senderos will miss the rest of the World Cup after dislocating his shoulder in Friday's win over South Korea, team officials said on Saturday.
Doctor Rudolf Roeder said Senderos had suffered ligament damage in the incident.
'He will be out for a minimum of two weeks. There is a 50 percent chance he will require an operation but the most important thing is rest for now,' Roeder said.
Senderos was part of a Swiss defence that has yet to concede a goal at the World Cup.
'Of course, it is a big blow for us, but we have already seen his friend Johan (Djourou) standing in well in the defence,' said Swiss coach Koebi Kuhn.
'One of our strengths is that we can replace almost everybody in the team without losing too much strength,' he added.
Switzerland play Ukraine in the World Cup second round on Monday. The World Cup final is on July 9.
Senderos scored Switzerland's first goal in the 2-0 win over South Korea on Friday, sustaining a cut on his nose in the process which required stitches at halftime.
He missed last month's Champions League final between his club Arsenal and Barcelona because of a knee injury.
唔係呀化@@
shevhenko果d一定勁開心姐作者: alantai 時間: 2006-6-25 12:37 AM
shoulder 甩"較"咋喎
咁嚴重?作者: iMacc 時間: 2006-6-25 01:25 AM
雖然我唔太like佢~
但一有個波入就搞成咁...唉....慘...作者: Pharaoh 時間: 2006-6-25 01:26 AM
Train 起埋 Djourou, 咁 Arsenal 就唔駛買中堅喇!作者: Pharaoh 時間: 2006-6-25 01:39 AM
Originally posted by alantai at 2006-6-25 12:37 AM:
shoulder 甩"較"咋喎
咁嚴重?
According to UEFA.com, he has also suffered ligament damage... so have to be out for a minimum of two weeks and there is a 50 per cent chance he will require an operation!! 作者: Kian76 時間: 2006-6-25 01:43 AM