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The Melbourne derby will miss two of its biggest stars, with City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen suspended and Victory attacker James Troisi laid out with injury.Veteran gloveman Sorensen, 40, was handed his first red card in more than a decade in Citys 1-0 win over Wellington Phoenix after handling the ball outside his area.The Dane will hand over the role to Dean Bouzanis to make his first start in 18 months, and for the club he joined in January, in front of a bumper Etihad Stadium crowd.But Bouzanis job got a little easier with the news that Australian international Troisi wont be there either.The 28-year-old broke his collarbone in a clash with Brandon Borrello, falling awkwardly onto his shoulder after Brisbane Roar winger appeared to tunnel him.Borrello was involved in several similar incidents in the 1-1 draw on Friday night and picked up a yellow card for a late challenge on influential midfielder Oliver Bozanic.But its Troisi who felt the after effects, soldiering on until his injury-time substitution.Scans in Melbourne on showed a fracture, with the club sending him for surgery less than 24 hours after the match.Troisis absence mean coach Kevin Muscat may need to depend more heavily on another recently-returned player, Marco Rojas.Rojas is in the United States with the New Zealand international side for a match at Wednesday lunch time (AEDT).The diminutive attacker scored in the Kiwis 2-1 loss to Mexico in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday morning (AEDT), and Muscat said he expected him to play a role against City despite the fixture congestion and travel - even if he doesnt have time to train with the club before returning.At this stage (hell be back with the club) early Friday morning, he said.Well assess him when he gets in and well see (but) hell be involved, theres no two ways about it, if he declares himself fit.City coach John van t Schip said Bouzanis performance in the second half against Wellington, when the club was fighting to maintain its lead, showedBouzanis had to come in under very difficult circumstances and he showed immediately hes up to it, he said.He had some excellent saves, very important saves and he kept calm in some moments.We try to keep players who are not playing in the line-up ... ready when they have to jump in and Dean showed a very good example. 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Eichfield finished fourth at world championships and was in the top 15 his previous two Olympics.NEES RELIEF: Womens kayaker Ashley Nee had a rough road to her first Olympics. She qualified for the 2008 Beijing Games, but injured a shoulder during a test event and wasnt able to completely recover in time for the Olympic trials, finishing fourth. Nee had enough points to qualify for the 2012 London Games, but was edged out by Caroline Queen on a tiebreaker. Nee won the Olympic trials this May, yet still didnt have a spot secured; she had to await a decision by the International Canoe Federation to award the United States an additional athlete quota spot. Now at 27, shes headed to her first Olympics.C1 OPENING: Mens single canoe has been dominated by two paddlers the past five Olympics: Michal Martikan of Slovakia and Frances Tony Estanguet. Starting with the 1996 Atlanta Games, those two won every gold medal in C1; three by Estanguet and two by Martikan. There will be a different champion in Rio after Estanguet retired and Martikan, the only canoe slalomist to win five Olympic gold medals, failed to make the Slovakian team for Rio.KEEP AN EYE ON: Kayaker Jiri Prskavec of the Czech Republic is the type of paddler who could be uncatchable if hes on his game. His father, Jiri, was a two-time Olympian and the younger Prskavec has a chance to make bigger waves in Rio. He was the 2015 world champion and has five medals in world championship competition. ' ' '