Gonçalo Inácio's absence in Bayern v Sporting explained | OneFootball

Gonçalo Inácio was the only one of the ‘doubtful’ players who ultimately was not used by Rui Borges in the Bayern Munich - Sporting match, from which the green and whites came away with a 3-1 defeat in the sixth round of the Champions League.

Geny Catamo ended up starting, while Georgios Vagiannidis was called upon to help the Alvalade club in the final phase of the match. The Greek international came on in the 80th minute, replacing Eduardo Quaresma, while the Mozambican left the pitch at exactly the same time, making way for Fotis Ioannidis.

In this way, Gonçalo Inácio ended up being the only one ‘rested’ 100% against Bayern Munich. However, Rui Borges justified this decision, assuring that he simply did not want to aggravate the traumatic injury the center-back suffered against Benfica.

“We do exceptional work managing workloads and extra fatigue. For example, today Inácio was left out because of a knock in the match at Luz and, since we’re already going to lose Ousmane, we decided not to take any risks,” emphasized the Sporting coach, also recalling Diomande’s call-up by Ivory Coast.

In this 2025/26 sports season, Gonçalo Inácio – valued at 45 million euros – is one of the pillars of Sporting. The green and white center-back has, so far, played 1,710 minutes in 19 matches, in which he has already provided two assists for goals.

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