sport news Portugal boss Fernando Santos is left bemused by Danilo Pereira's freak injury trends now
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Portugal boss Fernando Santos admits he has been left baffled by the rib injury sustained by Danilo Pereira in training ahead of Monday's World Cup clash with Uruguay.
A statement on the Portuguese Football Federation's official website on Saturday said the Paris St Germain player was unavailable having 'suffered a fracture of three costal arches'.
Santos told a press conference on Sunday: 'That's a type of injury that no-one can explain. We do not understand how that could have happened.
Danilo Pereira could miss Portugal's remaining group stage games because of a rib injury
'It's normal that these type of injuries happen, but we did not see how it happened exactly.
'Initially we did not think it was very serious, because we made a few exams to see if he was breathing properly and apparently that was the case, but afterwards we see that it was more serious than we expected. But we are following it up.
'I'm not a medical doctor, I cannot talk about that in detail. But as far as I know he is evolving positively and
