Marcelo injury gives Mourinho selection headache

 Marcelo injury gives Mourinho selection headache

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been left with a selection headache after Brazilian Marcelo joined fellow left-back Fabio Coentrao on the club's injury list on Sunday.

Marcelo faces three months on the sidelines after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot while training with the Brazilian national squad¹ in the Polish city of Wroclaw.

The defender² has already been booked on a flight back to Spain where he will begin his recovery under the supervision³ of Real Madrid's medical staff, the Brazilian Football Confederation said on Sunday.

"I will be back soon. There is a long way to go until the Confederations Cup in 2013 and I hope to be a part of it," Marcelo said.

Coentrao is expected to miss a month after suffering a left adductor strain while playing for Portugal in its 1-0 World Cup qualifying loss to Russia on Friday.

Mourinho has now been left without a specialist left-back in his squad with Michael Essien or Alvaro Arbeloa candidates to temporarily fill the role.

1 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

2 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

3 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。