Eye surgery sidelines SIPG goalkeeper Yan

ByReuters

Published 22/10/2020 at 05:07 GMT

HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Shanghai SIPG may lose goalkeeper Yan Junling for the rest of the Chinese Super League season after the club said the China international needs eye surgery.

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Yan was injured in the first half of his team’s 0-0 draw with cross-city rivals Shanghai Shenhua at the weekend and the 29-year-old was examined by eye experts on Tuesday.

Yan, who was replaced by Chen Wei on Sunday, will definitely miss the second leg of SIPG’s CSL playoff quarter-final on Friday and will also be a doubt for the Asian Champions League when it resumes in Doha on Nov. 18.

SIPG are slated to face Yokohama F Marinos, Jeonbuk Motors and Sydney FC in the group phase. (Reporting by Michael Church, Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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