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Piqué Likely Out for Several Months Because of Knee Injury

Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Barcelona v Villarreal - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 2, 2018 Barcelona's Gerard Pique celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Albert Gea
Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Barcelona v Villarreal - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 2, 2018 Barcelona's Gerard Pique celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Albert Gea
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Piqué Likely Out for Several Months Because of Knee Injury

Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Barcelona v Villarreal - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 2, 2018 Barcelona's Gerard Pique celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Albert Gea
Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Barcelona v Villarreal - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - December 2, 2018 Barcelona's Gerard Pique celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Albert Gea

Gerard Piqué is expected to be sidelined for several months because of a right knee injury.

Barcelona said on Sunday that Piqué has a grade-three sprain of his internal lateral ligament and a partial injury to his anterior cruciate ligament. The club did not say how long the defender is expected to be sidelined, but similar injuries tend to require months of recovery time.

Piqué got injured on Saturday in the second half of Barcelona’s 1-0 loss at Atlético Madrid, its first against the Madrid rival in the Spanish league in more than a decade. His knee bent inward after Atlético forward Ángel Correa fell on his leg.

Piqué had to be helped off the field and was taken straight to the changing room. Barcelona said after initial exams on Saturday that Piqué had a sprained knee.

Barcelona also lost Sergi Roberto due to injury in Saturday' match at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. The club said he has a right thigh muscle rupture and will be sidelined for about two months.

The loss to Atlético kept Barcelona in the middle of league standings after eight matches.

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Brazilian Football Player Sent off after 3 Seconds of Play

Fans of Cruzeiro celebrate a goal during the Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg football match between Brazil's Cruzeiro and Argentina's Lanus at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on October 23, 2024. (AFP)
Fans of Cruzeiro celebrate a goal during the Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg football match between Brazil's Cruzeiro and Argentina's Lanus at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on October 23, 2024. (AFP)
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Brazilian Football Player Sent off after 3 Seconds of Play

Fans of Cruzeiro celebrate a goal during the Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg football match between Brazil's Cruzeiro and Argentina's Lanus at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on October 23, 2024. (AFP)
Fans of Cruzeiro celebrate a goal during the Copa Sudamericana semi-final first leg football match between Brazil's Cruzeiro and Argentina's Lanus at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on October 23, 2024. (AFP)

A Brazilian striker was sent off in a top flight division match on Saturday after hitting a rival with his elbow just three seconds into a match.

Cruzeiro's Rafa Silva left his team one man down in what ended as a 3-0 defeat at Athletico Paranaense.

Silva hit Athletico's Kaique Rocha slightly below his neck as they challenged for the ball shortly after kick off.

Referee Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima duly sent the 32-year-old Cruzeiro player off for one of the earliest red cards in football history.

Athletico is fighting against relegation in the Brazilian league.

Cruzeiro is seeking one of the top positions to secure a direct berth in the next edition of the Copa Libertadores.

The team from Belo Horizonte rested some of its players for the match in the city of Curitiba so they can recover for the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana at Argentina's Lanus next week. The first leg ended 1-1.