AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic picked up an adductor muscle problem in training yesterday and will not be fit to face his former club Barcelona in tonight’s Champions League Group H game (On TV: Setanta Ireland).
The volatile Swede’s return to the Nou Camp had been hotly anticipated after he fell out with Barca coach Pep Guardiola and was offloaded to Milan last year.
Milans Brazilian forward Robinho is suffering from a groin problem and was not included in the squad for the match. Barcelona are likely to be at near full strength, and could have captain Carles Puyol back in defence after he recovered from injury.
Barcelona lost a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Real Sociedad on Saturday, while Milan were held to 2-2 at home to Lazio on Friday.
TONIGHT’S FIXTURES – Group E: Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen, Genk v Valencia. Group F: Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal, Olympiakos v Marseille. Group G: Apoel Nicosia v Zenit St Petersburg, FC Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk. Group H: Barcelona v AC Milan Plzen v BATE Borisov
