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It's the Group stage for the UEFA Champions League and FC Barcelona was playing Benfica in Portugal. After a bit of a slow start, Barca was motoring right along with a lead and tried to cement the three points away.
Puyol goes up for a header when... in the 78th minute...
Obviously, he's out for this weekend's La Liga match against Real Madrid, the "El Clasico." And after his leg injuries that kept him off the pitch for quite some time in the last season, this really is a downer for Puyol and the Barca fans...
More when we know more, but this looks like it has dislocation written all over it.
Wednesday UPDATE: Yep, it was dislocated...
According to the FC Barcelona website...
"The club captain will undergo conservative treatment and is expected to be out for about eight weeks."
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