[EURO 2012 COUNTDOWN] Shaggy-haired defender Carles Puyol, one of the keys to Spain’s Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cuptitles, will almost certainly miss Euro 2012 after needing surgery on his right knee that will sideline him for around six weeks.

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