Iniesta out of Barca's Champions League game at APOEL


Barcelona's soccer player Andres Iniesta arrives for a news conference at Joan Gamper training camp, near Barcelona July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Albert Gea

MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta has failed to recover from a calf strain and will miss Tuesday's Champions League Group F match at APOEL Nicosia.

Iniesta, who sustained the injury in last month's La Liga 'Clasico' at Real Madrid, has not been included in the squad for the match in Cyprus along with defender Thomas Vermaelen.

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