PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of Wednesday's Champions League clash against Barcelona (Photo: AP)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League match against Barcelona with a left heel injury.
Ibrahimovic missed the last two PSG games because of the injury and coach Laurent Blanc says intensive treatment up until Monday morning failed to resolve the problem.
PSG has made a sluggish start to the season, drawing six of nine games so far, and will be without its top scorer against a Barcelona team that has yet to concede a goal.
Without Ibrahimovic, Blanc says "it won't be easy and we know it" because "the opponents are much more attentive when he's around."
Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani is expected to lead the attack in his favored center forward's role.
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