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The defender of the Spanish national team and club, Carlos Marchena, suffered a severe knee injury in the weekend match of the Spanish "Primera" league against Madrid's "Getafe" and will not be able to help his club in the UEFA Champions League matches.
"Valencia" announced that a test performed on Monday showed that the 27-year-old player will be out of action for three and a half months.
The center-back, who has recently been playing in a defensive position and replaced the injured David Albelda and Ruben Baraja, was forced to leave the pitch in the 19th minute of the match against "Getafe," which the "Azulones" won 2-0.
Meanwhile, last year's top scorer for the team, David Villa, pulled a muscle, and left-back Asier Del Horno has not played since leaving "Chelsea."
"Valencia," a club that is among the top three teams in the Spanish championship without dropping a single point, will face one of their main rivals for the title of the strongest team in the "Primera" league, the "Barcelona" club, next Sunday.
In Group D of the UEFA Champions League, the "Valencia" team started successfully: after a tough battle, they defeated Piraeus' "Olympiacos" 4-2, and in the upcoming matches, the Spaniards will face Donetsk's "Shakhtar" from Ukraine and "Roma" from Italy.
