LONDON – Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas confirmed midfielder Ramires flagship suffered a knee injury during the Blues beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in the FA Cup fourth round at Loftus Road Stadium. Ramires expected to miss four weeks.

 

Brazilian international was injured at the end of the second half when trying to block a kick from the wing QPR defender Clint Hill in a match that took place on Saturday (01/28/2012) yesterday. Ramires was digantikkan by Oriol Romeu in the 79th minute.

 

Villas-Boas gelandangnya hope it does not need an operation. Ramires has played 25 times for Chelsea this season and his loss will be a separate blow for the Blues since the 24-year-old midfielder was productive enough to have scored eight goals.

 

“Looks like the media knee ligament injury. It’s not as bad in the context of the worst knee injury but still, he will undergo an MRI exam tomorrow, “says Villas-Boas as quoted from ESPN.

 

“I hope he does not need an operation and will be back soon. We may have to lose it for four weeks, “says Villas-Boas.

 

“But we still have to know the magnitude level of the injury to give a correct assessment,” said manager of the Portuguese 33-year-old.

 

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