Find out how many Sporting matches Zeno Debast will miss | OneFootball

After being assessed, Zeno Debast now knows he will have to be sidelined for a month due to the injury he sustained during the match against Marseille, last Wednesday, October 22. Now, it is expected that the Belgian international will only return to the pitch after the next FIFA international break and could miss five games.

At the end of the match, Rui Borges admitted he was unaware of the nature of the injury, further explaining that he initially thought it was just cramps. However, the player was re-evaluated this Thursday by Sporting’s medical team, and, according to the newspaper Record, the diagnosis is a muscle injury in his right thigh.

The same Portuguese newspaper reports that the Belgian center-back is expected to be out of action until the end of the next FIFA international break. This would mean missing the matches against Tondela (League), Alverca (Allianz Cup), Alverca (League), Juventus (Champions League), and Santa Clara (League), and he will also be excused from duties with the Belgian national team. He could return on November 23, for the Portuguese Cup, against Marinhense.

Rui Borges will thus be without one of the most used center-backs at Sporting so far this season. His options include Gonçalo Inácio and Ousmane Diomande, who has recently returned from injury, as well as Eduardo Quaresma and Matheus Reis, who have been used less frequently this season.

At the start of this season, Zeno Debast – valued at 30 million euros – has already made 13 official appearances for Sporting. The Belgian international for the Lions has, so far, played 855 minutes, but is yet to record a goal or an assist in his personal tally.

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