Puyol and Mascherano out of Bayern opener

Club captain Puyol had arthroscopic surgery on the cartilage in his right knee in March and Mascherano damaged ligaments in the same joint in Barca's 2-2 quarter-final first leg draw at Paris Saint-Germain on April 2.

"Puyol won't be available for the game in Munich and we don't know yet about the return leg [on May 1], it will depend on how he recovers and the doctor's decision," Roura, standing in for coach Tito Vilanova while he recovers from cancer treatment, told a news conference.

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