Confirmed! Rui Borges knows if Maxi, Salazar and Suárez can play | OneFootball

Sporting will face Braga without three important first-team players, in addition to Zeno Debast. Maxi Araújo, Rodrigo Zalazar and Luis Suárez are away on international duty with their respective national teams during the international break and will not return in time for the Lions’ first match after the stoppage, scheduled for October 9.

The two Uruguayans are part of the squad led by Diego Forlán on a tour of Asia. Maxi Araújo and Zalazar face Japan on Thursday and still have another match scheduled for October 6 in India against the home side, which rules them out of the league match, according to SportTV.

The schedule therefore leaves both players unable to be available for Rui Borges in the following game, since the clash with the Minho side takes place just three days after Uruguay’s last fixture. The Sporting coach will therefore have to prepare the trip to Minho without the two midfielders.

Luis Suárez’s situation is similar. The striker was called up by Colombia for a series of three friendlies in the United States, against Mexico in Chicago, Paraguay in New Jersey, and Peru in Miami, with the latter match scheduled for October 7.

As a result, Maxi Araújo, Zalazar and Luis Suárez are confirmed absences. The three South Americans are only expected to be available again for Rui Borges in the trip to France to face Lens, in the second round of the Champions League league phase.

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