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Santana out of Dortmund cup tie



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Posted Tuesday, December 20, 2011 by YAHOO Sport

Borussia Dortmund will be without Brazilian centre-back Felipe Santana for Tuesday's German Cup last 16 tie with second-tier Fortuna Duesseldorf, the German champions announced on Monday.

Santana injured his ankle during Dortmund's 4-1 victory at Freiburg on Saturday, which left Dortmund three points behind Bayern Munich in second place going into the Bundesliga's winter break.

The 25-year-old is expected to be replaced by Patrick Owomoyela, but Dortmund are still without Serbian centre-back Neven Subotic and have doubts over the fitness of Germany left-back Marcel Schmelzer.

Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp said he hopes Santana will be fit to return in January after the winter break, "even if our doctor doesn't seem as optimistic".



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