Roshembackas won't play for half a year © EuroFootball.com

The Brazilian Fabio Rochemback, who belongs to the Spanish football giant, but was loaned to Lisbon's "Sporting" team for this season, will not play for half a year.

This became clear after a successful arthroscopic operation on his right knee in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, yesterday.

The player suffered an injury in the 26th round of the Portuguese championship ("Superliga") against "Alverca". After that, he spent two weeks trying to heal the injury with the help of "Sporting" physiotherapists, but it turned out that he needed surgery.