Former Benfica striker joins Sporting training under Rui Borges | OneFootball

Sporting continues to prepare for the visit to Famalicão's ground with another training session held at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy. Due to the absence of many of the club's international players still on duty with their national teams, Rui Borges once again included many young players, among them Rafael Nel, a former forward for Benfica.

In this training session, Lucas Anjos, Rodrigo Dias, Samuel Justo, Rafael Besugo, Bruno Ramos, and José Silva were also called up. Maxi Araújo and Hidemasa Morita remain under the watch of the Performance Unit, as well as Ousmane Diomande, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança.

A new training session is scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10th, already anticipating the arrival of players who have been representing their countries, with Rui Borges fine-tuning for the next challenge of the Club of Alvalade in the Portuguese League.

The green and white emblem will return to the field next Saturday, September 13th, against Famalicão. The match, part of the fifth round of the National Championship, against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, will be played in Minho at 8:30 PM.

Rafael Nel, a 20-year-old forward, was trained at Benfica, having represented the reds for eight years. In 2018/19, he moved to Belenenses and, in the winter of the following season, switched from Belém to the green and whites. Last season, the forward scored one goal in one game for the juniors, adding 15 matches and six goals for the B team.

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