Hannover's Felipe to miss Europa tie

Hannover will have to do without new signing Felipe for their UEFA Europa League qualifying matches with St. Patrick's Athletic after he picked up a thigh strain in training. The Brazilian, who arrived this summer from Standard Liege, has been ruled out for at least a fortnight after tearing muscle fibres in a friendly match against Wisla Krakow on Saturday. Hannover travel to Ireland for the first leg of the third qualifying round tie on Thursday before hosting St. Patrick's at the Niedersachsenstadion a week later. Mirko Slomka's side finished seventh in the Bundesliga last season and, in addition to Felipe, they have strengthened their squad this summer with Hiroki Sakai and Szabolcs Huszti. FIFA .