Airport strikes force Sporting to change Champions League plans ✈️🟢 | OneFootball

Club Brugge will only arrive in Portugal on Tuesday night, several hours later than originally planned. According to the schedule initially released by Sporting on Monday afternoon, the Belgians were set to hold their pre-match press conference at 6:00 PM on Tuesday at Estádio José Alvalade.

However, Sporting has announced that, due to a general strike at the airports, the Belgians will only be able to travel to Lisbon on Tuesday night. As a result, all media activities involving the opposing team that were scheduled to take place at Estádio José Alvalade have been canceled.

Thus, Club Brugge will hold their pre-match press conference in Belgium, on the same day but earlier—at 12:30 PM (Portuguese time)—and will send a link so that the Portuguese press can also participate via video call.

All activities related to Sporting remain unchanged. At 10:30 AM, Sporting will have an open training session at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete, and at 7:00 PM, the pre-match press conference for the European game will take place at the Artur Agostinho Auditorium.

The lion emblem—which had a player return to training—is currently in 13th place in the Champions League group stage, having so far recorded two wins, one draw, and one loss. On the other hand, Club Brugge has two defeats, one draw, and one win. The Flanders side, therefore, occupies 22nd place.

Flávio Gonçalves happy to play at Alvalade:

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