Eight reinforcements and great news for Rui Borges at Sporting | OneFootball

Rui Borges called up eight reinforcements from Sporting’s youth academy for this Wednesday’s training session, November 19. After granting the green and white squad a three-day break, the Lions’ coach returned to lead a training session.

It’s important to note the absence of the group of players who represented their national teams during the last international break. This fairly large contingent has only been instructed to report to the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy next Thursday, November 20.

Thus, Rui Borges was forced to call up eight players from the youth ranks of Sporting, in order to make up for the absences in the first team. The chosen players were Bruno Ramos (center-back), Rafael Pontelo (center-back), Rômulo (center-back), Kauã (midfielder), Samuel Justo (midfielder), Manuel Kissanga (winger), Rafael Nel (forward), and Lucas Anjos (forward).

As for the injured players, Sporting still has the same six names under the care of the Performance Unit, but there is good news: although he did not train with the rest of the team, Nuno Santos was already on the pitch, running, albeit under the close watch of the Lions’ medical team. The plan is for a gradual reintegration into the main green and white squad.

Sporting continues its preparations for the Portuguese Cup match against Marinhense, and will train again on the morning of next Thursday. This time, Rui Borges will be able to count on almost all the internationals, and start making decisions regarding the starting eleven for the cup match.

Check out here the great goal by Nuno Santos for Sporting, nominated for the Puskas Award:

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