Porto host Manchester City on Tuesday with the leadership in Group C of the Champions League.
However, Sergio Conceiçao will not be able to count on this meeting with Pepe.
The ex-Madridista is living through an ordeal due to an injury that has kept him away from the pitch since October 27,
when he played the Champions League match against Olympiakos.
Since then, the Portuguese center-back has been out of action.
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The cause of Pepe's absence for more than a month is plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
This ailment
has prevented him from being available to Conceiçao in the games against Paços de Ferreira, Portimonense, Fabril, Santa Clara and the two games against Marseille.
Thus, the clash against City will be the seventh in a row that the veteran defender has lost through injury.
This season, Pepe has only been able to play seven games, which represents half of Porto's.
Of course, the games in which he participated, he played them in full, thus adding 630 minutes and a goal.
