ZeeKoei Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Tihinen faces lengthy lay-off Tuesday, 3 August 2004 RSC Anderlecht defender Hannu Tihinen will miss both legs of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie against SL Benfica after breaking a bone in his right foot in Saturday's friendly with former club West Ham United FC. Two months out The 28-year-old Finnish international suffered the injury during the 4-4 draw in London. Despite initial estimates that Tihinen would be sidelined for six weeks, ruling him out of the first leg in Lisbon and the return in Brussels, the player will actually be absent for at least two months following surgery on Monday night. Young defence Tihinen's injury will leave coach Hugo Broos with an inexperienced back four against the Portuguese, as the 32-year-old Glen De Boeck will only return in September after knee surgery. Anthony Vanden Borre (16), Vincent Kompany (18), Olivier Deschacht (23) and either Mark Deman (21) or Lamine Traore (22) are expected to start at the Estadio da Luz. Keeping faith Broos will not bring in new players, however, "because we have a number of players who will be back in the near future". He added: "We also have some good young players who can now prove how good they are." uefa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeKoei Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 normally Broos starts with --------------------- Zitka --------------------- Zewlakow - Kompany - Traore - Deschacht --- Lovre - Hasi - Baseggio - Wilhelmsson - ------------- Mpenza - Dindane -------------- so a little bit more maturity (Zewlakow instead of Vandenborre) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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