Leonino exclusive – Rui Borges hanging by a thread as Sporting struggle | OneFootball

Rui Borges is frustrated with the constant injuries in Sporting's squad, Leonino knows. Although he does not complain publicly, the situation is affecting the coach of the green and whites, who now has two consecutive games without tasting victory.

According to sources close to the process, the coach of the lions has already conveyed this issue to the Board headed by Frederico Varandas. Not only due to the various physical problems occurring simultaneously, but also because any injury at Alvalade faces a downtime longer than expected in the initial diagnoses made by the Performance Unit.

The truth is that, at the moment, Rui Borges is dealing with eight absences due to injuries at Sporting, namely: Eduardo Quaresma, Fotis Ioannidis, Pedro Gonçalves, Geovany Quenda, Nuno Santos, Ricardo Mangas, Zeno Debast, and Salvador Blopa.

The whole situation is exacerbated this January, which, besides being demanding in terms of schedule, also saw Ousmane Diomande and Geny Catamo - the latter already returned - leave the green and whites due to their participation in the CAN, raising the number of recent absences to ten.

Sporting returns to the field on Friday, January 16, against Casa Pia. The match, part of the 18th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by Gonçalo Brandão, will be played at 8:15 PM, in Alvalade.

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