Sport

Bora loses linchpins

13 April 2012

China's key defenders Sun Jihai and Fan Zhiyi will miss tomorrow's game against Brazil due to injuries, coach Bora Milutinovic has confirmed.

"They still haven't recovered and it's impossible for them to play," Milutinovic said today.

Sun Jihai, of Manchester City, was substituted during China's match against Costa Rica on Tuesday with an injured right ankle. Dundee's Fan Zhiyi was also taken off in the second half because of a muscle injury. The likely replacements are Zhang Enhua and Qi Hong.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

P Funk