Bad news for Rui Borges before Sporting v Vitória de Guimarães | OneFootball

More news: Zeno Debast did not take part in Sporting's last training session this Monday, January 5th, in preparation for the League Cup semi-final against Vitória de Guimarães. Rui Borges maintains the same number of absences.

In the first 15 minutes open to the media, everyone was expecting the Belgian international to rejoin the green and white squad, but that did not happen and he continues to recover from injury away from the rest of the team.

Even so, there is a positive takeaway from Sporting's training session: Luis Guilherme, who was presented as a reinforcement for the green and whites last Sunday, was already working under Rui Borges today, and could be an option for the match against Vitória.

At the moment, the Lions have several unavailable players. Gonçalo Inácio, controversially sent off against Gil Vicente, is suspended, at a time when there are six players with physical problems (Pedro Gonçalves, Geovany Quenda, Nuno Santos, Ricardo Mangas, Zeno Debast, and Salvador Blopa), in addition to Geny Catamo and Ousmane Diomande, who are away on international duty at the AFCON.

The green and white team will be back on the pitch next Tuesday, January 6th, against Vitória de Guimarães. The match, counting for the League Cup semi-final, against the team led by Luís Pinto, will be played at 8:00 p.m. at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, in Leiria.

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