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Enlarge Photo Sevilla's Luis Fabiano in Getafe April 25, 2010. Fabiano will miss the King's Cup final... Sevilla's top scorer Luis Fabiano will miss the King's Cup final against Atletico Madrid after failing to recover from a thigh muscle injury in time, the Spanish club said on Monday.The 29-year-old picked up the injury while warming up for Sevilla's La Liga mach at Almeria on Saturday.
Fabiano is a key figure in Brazil's plans for the World Cup finals, and although he was making a good recovery, they demanded he was released to join up with the rest of Dunga's squad, Sevilla said on their website (www.sevillafc.es).
It is a big blow ahead of Wednesday's Cup final for Sevilla as they will also be without Spain striker Alvaro Negredo, who was sent off during the 3-2 victory over Almeria for protesting a decision.
Negredo's third straight red card of the season will not have done his chances of making Vicente del Bosque's final 23-man squad for South Africa any good.
Both Atletico and Sevilla have had to request permission for World Cup-bound players to be released for the Cup final at the Nou Camp, because of the date chosen by the Spanish football federation for the event.
National teams take priority this week, unless a side is playing in the Champions League final, and Atletico have also been sweating over the availability of some of their top players.
Argentina have given permission for striker Sergio Aguero to play, but Atletico are still awaiting confirmation from Portugal with regards to midfielders Simao and Tiago, and from Uruguay for top scorer Diego Forlan, the club said in a statement.
All three have been included in Quique Sanchez Flores's squad.
(Writing by Mark Elkington, editing by Alison Wildey.
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