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Hidemasa Morita was chosen by Rui Borges to pair with Morten Hjulmand in the Sporting - Braga match

After a week of uncertainty, Rui Borges has made a decision! Morten Hjulmand will be accompanied by Hidemasa Morita in Sporting's reception of Braga. The recent training sessions of the Japanese international convinced the coach to change the starting eleven of the lions.

The green and white's coach was undecided between Morita, Giorgi Kochorashvili and João Simões, with the Portuguese already practically out of the equation. However, the choice fell on the 'number 5' due to his high intensity in training, reveals Record newspaper.

Morita has had some problems due to injuries, but now has a good opportunity to recover. Contrary to what is usual, the midfielder was not called up to represent the Japan national team and will rest and carry out activation training over the next two weeks.

This season, with Sporting's shirt, Hidemasa Morita - valued at 11 million euros - has played eight matches. At the start of this season, the Japanese international midfielder played a total of 381 minutes, in which he assisted his teammates on one occasion.

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