Real lose Guti for 15 days to leg strain

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID, Spain — Real Madrid will be without Jose Maria (Guti) Gutierrez for 15 days due to a leg injury, the club said Monday.

The 31-year-old Guti was carried from the field on a stretcher in the 45th minute of Madrid’s 2-0 league victory over Racing Santander on Sunday. Medical tests confirmed Monday that the playmaker had sustained a muscle strain in his right leg.

Guti is expected to miss Madrid’s next three league games and a Champions League match at Zenit St. Petersburg on Sept. 30.

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