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Villarreal confident over Cani fitness race

Monday, March 30, 2009

Villarreal CF playmaker Cani is expected to recover in time to face Arsenal FC in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals next week – despite the schemer struggling for fitness after picking up a thigh strain in training.

Villarreal playmaker Cani should be back to face Arsenal in the quarter-finals
Villarreal playmaker Cani should be back to face Arsenal in the quarter-finals ©Getty Images

Villarreal CF playmaker Cani has emerged as a fitness doubt ahead of the Spanish club's UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg encounter with Arsenal FC next week.

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The 27-year-old former Real Zaragoza schemer has picked up a thigh strain in training, giving him a week to recover before Arsenal's visit to El Madrigal next Tuesday, 7 April. Despite the injury to his right leg, Cani, who has made 14 Liga appearances and five in the UEFA Champions League this season, is expected to be back in time to face the Gunners. Villarreal travel to north London to contest the second leg on 15 April.

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