French champions Lyon will be without central defender Cleber Anderson for the rest of the season after the Brazilian suffered a serious right knee injury.
Lyon coach Alain Perrin said that Anderson was hurt in his team's midweek League Cup quarter-final defeat against Le Mans when he came off worst in a challenge with striker Tulio De Melo.
Anderson, who will undergo surgery, was recruited in August from Benfica to take over from compatriot Cris who was sidelined with ruptured ligaments.
He is expected to return to action at the end of February.
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