Zlatan out for a week

Barcelona's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be sidelined for a week after pulling a muscle in his left thigh, the Primera Liga club confirmed on Sunday.

The 28-year-old picked up the injury in Saturday night's 4-2 win over Real Mallorca, and will miss Tuesday's Spanish Cup tie against third division Cultural Leonesa.

There are no Primera Liga ties next weekend because of 2010 World Cup play-off matches. Sweden are already ruled out of the finals in South Africa.