Roque Santa Cruz is also doubtful with a hamstring injury but Benni McCarthy, Vince Grella and goalkeeper Paul Robinson are all fit.
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He has been replaced by a former attorney general, Fernando Grella Vieira.
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Blackburn threatened sporadically on the counter-attack - Benni McCarthy and Vince Grella drilled wide before Kalinic tentatively prodded wide when one-on-one with Reina.