Herrera to miss Venezuela World Cup qualifiers

CARACAS, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Girona midfielder Yangel Herrera has been ruled out of Venezuela's World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Uruguay because of an adductor problem, the country's football federation said on Monday.

Herrera sustained the injury in the first half of Girona's 2-0 victory at Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday and was substituted at halftime.

The Venezuelan federation did not immediately