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Love out of Dane encounter
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Published 27/09/2005 at 16:40 GMT+1
UEFA Cup holders CSKA Moscow, already without Croatia forward Ivica Olic for the rest of the year with a serious knee injury, have suffered a double blow to their strike force with Vagner Love now sidelined. Follow the UEFA Cup LIVE on eurosport.com from 14:15cet on Thursday!
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The Brazilian will be out for three weeks after pulling a hamstring late in the first half of Saturday's Moscow derby against Spartak.
Love will miss Thursday's UEFA Cup first round, second leg trip to Denmark to face FC Midtjylland, along with Serbian winger Milos Krasic who has a bruised leg. Russia midfielder Yuri Zhirkov is nursing a thigh injury.
Brazilian striker Daniel Carvalho, who scored twice in a 3-1 win over Midtjylland in the first leg two weeks ago, should be ready to play after limping off the pitch midway through the first half of Saturday's match.
Carvalho's sixth-minute strike was enough to give the army club a 1-0 victory over their bitter city rivals Spartak and moved them within two points of league leaders Lokomotiv Moscow.
"We haven't had so many injuries in a long time, but the guys have pulled together during these tough times," CSKA coach Valery Gazzayev told Russian media. "We have so many key games coming up and it's really important for the team to stay strong and focused."
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