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Achilles rules Aurelio out for season
LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) - Liverpool's joy at virtually ensuring they would reach the Champions League semi-finals after a 3-0 first leg away win over PSV Eindhoven was dampened on Wednesday by the news that defender Fabio Aurelio would miss the rest of the season.
The 27-year-old Brazilian international defender - the first from his country to sign for the club - ruptured his Achilles tendon during the second-half of the match.
"A scan has confirmed a complete rupture of the Achilles tendon in Fabio's right leg," said a Liverpool spokesman.
"The player will undergo surgery and is expected to be out for approximately three to four months."
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez said it was a real shame for the player because he had just started to adapt really well to the Premiership.
"Fabio has started to play really well, this is a very bad blow for him and us," said Benitez, who signed Aurelio from his former club Valencia and with whom he had landed a Spanish title.
"There was nobody anywhere near him, he felt as if he had been hit by a stone. The pain was from behind and it struck him like he had been hit, it is a real tragedy for us.
"We played well and it was an organised, effective performance but we are all more concerned about Fabio."
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