OFFICIAL! Pepe, 'KO' for the Champions League duel between Barça and Porto

The Port wine will confront to the FC Barcelona this Wednesday 04/10 in the Stadium Do Dragao in a valid duel by the day two of the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, the combined Portuguese will suffer a key absence in his solid defensive diagram, since it has confirmed today that the defender of 40 years, Pepe, will not be able to play, as rumoreaba previously.

The ex of the Real Madrid faces a muscular injury that has prevented him participate in the last two duels of the 'Dragons' in the League US (Gil Vicente and SL Benfica). In spite of his efforts for recovering , has not been able to train with the group in the last days in the installations of Olival in Vila Nova of Gaia. The technician of the Port wine, Sergio Conceiçao, has confirmed his absence, that adds to the one of Iván Marcano, another defender that also will be went because of an unlucky break of previous crossed ligament of the right knee.

Pepe will have to expect to go back to measure to the Barça

Therefore, Pepe will have to expect a bit more for reencontrarse with the FC Barcelona, square to which has confronted in 23 occasions and against which has not seen action from the campaign 2015/2016, in the Classical of LaLiga in the day 31. As 'Transfermarkt', his statistics against the Barça present a positive balance, since they include 10 victories, four ties and nine defeats, with a target annotated and four assistances.

With the absences of ex of the Besiktas and Iván Marcano, the stellar defenders, the Port wine will have to reorganise his defensive line. Taking like reference the last party contested by the 'Dragons', that finished with a victory by 1-0 in favour of the SL Benfica, Fábio Cardoso (29) and David Carmo (24) would be the defenders titled, with Zé Pedro like option of spare.