Roque Junior will not play for two weeks © EuroFootball.com

Leverkusen's and Brazil's national team defender Roque Junior will not be able to help his team in next week's UEFA Champions League match against Kiev.

The player suffered a groin injury in the German cup match against [opponent's name] on Thursday and will be unable to play for about two weeks.

"We knew he suffered an injury during the match against Werder, but Roque wanted to help the team and rushed onto the field," said Bayer coach Klaus Augenthaler.

In this weekend's Bundesliga championship match of the sixth round, Leverkusen's team suffered a heavy defeat without Roque Junior, losing 3-0. It is worth noting that Bayer has not been able to win in the last three German championship matches in a row.