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Hidemasa Morita was chosen by Rui Borges to partner with Morten Hjulmand for Sporting against Braga

After a week of uncertainty, Rui Borges has made his decision! Morten Hjulmand will be accompanied by Hidemasa Morita in Sporting’s home match against Braga. The Japanese international’s recent training sessions convinced the coach to make changes to the Lions’ starting eleven.

The green and white coach was undecided between Morita, Giorgi Kochorashvili, and João Simões, with the Portuguese player already practically ruled out of the equation. However, the choice fell on the ‘number 5’ due to his great intensity in training, according to the newspaper Record.

Morita has had some issues due to injuries, but now he will have a good opportunity to recover. Unlike usual, the midfielder was not called up to represent the Japanese national team and will rest and undergo activation training over the next two weeks.

This season, wearing Sporting’s shirt, Hidemasa Morita – valued at 11 million euros – has played eight matches. In this start to the season, the Japanese international midfielder has played a total of 381 minutes, during which he provided one assist to his teammates.

The Sporting match will take place at Estádio José Alvalade, at 7:15 pm.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.