Four players miss training just days before Benfica v Sporting | OneFootball

The Sporting team trained this Monday, December 1st, at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, following the match with Estrela da Amadora. Zeno Debast, Nuno Santos, Daniel Bragança, and Fotis Ioannidis are the players handed over to the medical department.

In the case of Nuno Santos, the left-footer is recovering from a rupture in the patellar tendon in his right knee, Daniel Bragança suffered a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Zeno Debast is recovering from an injury to his left knee, and Fotis Ioannidis has an injury to the internal collateral ligament of his right knee.

Of the four absent athletes, the only one who might recover in time for Sporting's next game is the Greek forward. However, the coach showed little confidence that the Greek striker will be 100% ready for the derby (Learn more HERE).

The starters against the tricolors completed the usual recovery work, while the remaining players had regular training on the field, under the orders of Rui Borges. The team will rest tomorrow and on Wednesday they will start preparing for the match against Benfica.

With the victory achieved against Estrela da Amadora, Rui Borges' squad now has 31 points and remains in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (34) is in first place. Meanwhile, Benfica is in third position with 28 points.

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