Eduardo Quaresma makes a call on Sporting’s poor run | OneFootball

Eduardo Quaresma remains fully focused on the mission to secure his place in the squad under the guidance of Rui Borges. The central defender was one of the players in Sporting's championship-winning team in 2024/25, but he seems to be experiencing a challenging start at Alvalade this season.

This is because, after finishing last season as a starter - and scoring a special (and very important) goal in the final minutes of the 32nd matchday against Gil Vicente - Eduardo Quaresma has been losing his spot in Rui Borges' choices for the green and white team.

And the truth is that, so far, he has accumulated zero minutes in official matches in 2025/26. The central defender, trained at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, has not been featured, neither from the bench nor as a starter, in any of the five matches played by the lions so far this season.

Eduardo Quaresma seems to have been relegated by Rui Borges to the position of fourth central defender in the Sporting hierarchy. Diomande and Inácio started as the main players, with the former being replaced by Debast when injured, who then took over the starting position. This situation, however, does not deter Eduardo Quaresma from maintaining the same focus he has shown in the past.

The newspaper Record even reports that Eduardo Quaresma is only thinking about turning things around, especially since it's not the first time he has started poorly and ended well. Rui Borges himself seems to agree with the defender, having already stated that the 23-year-old "deserves to be a starter" because "he has been working exceptionally well."

Check out Eduardo Quaresma's goal against Gil Vicente last season:

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