Portugal: Porto striker Sokota faces long absence with knee injury [Thu Sep 15th, 2005]

Lisbon (Reuters) - Porto striker Tomislav Sokota tore a right knee ligament during his team's UEFA Champions League loss to Rangers and faces a long absence, the Portuguese club said.

The 28-year-old Croatian, who joined Porto from Benfica in June, will be operated on in the next 10 days, they said on their official website.

Sokota abandoned the field after 74 minute of the Group H match in Glasgow on Tuesday which Rangers won 3-2, leaving Porto a man short because they had already made use of their three replacements.

Captain Pedro Emanuel was also injured in a clash of heads with Rangers' Croatian striker Dado Prso. He has undergone nose surgery and will be sidelined for several days.

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