Teixeira to miss Qingdao Hainiu game through injury

BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Shenhua striker Joao Teixeira, still nursing a leg injury, will miss Wednesday's Chinese Super League (CSL) game against Qingdao Hainiu, according the Shanghai side's head coach Leonid Slutsky.

The Portuguese player is recovering but not yet match fit, Slutsky said at the pre-match press conference on Tuesday.

"About when he will come back, it's very difficult to tell.