Ibrahima Ba misses Sporting-Nacional; find out why | OneFootball

Sporting beat Nacional 2-0 at Alvalade and picked up three more points in the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. One of the biggest absences from the team was Ibrahima Ba, who was not included in the Sporting squad list.

. It should be remembered that the player underwent surgery on the meniscus in his right knee at the end of last season and had to do muscle-strengthening work in the first few weeks at Alvalade.

Ibrahima Bastarted for the Lions in the 3-0 win over Alverca in the third round of the league, a match in which he played the full 90 minutes.

At the end of the clash with Nacional, Rui Borges confirmed the reason for his unavailability. "Ba took a knock against Alverca, so we chose not to take that risk. He had already gone to the bench with that knock (against Rio Ave) and we decided not to take that risk, that’s all," he said.

To make up for the absence of the 21-year-old defender, the commander of the Lions' troops chose to call up Eduardo Felicíssimo again, who was adapted to the position during pre-season and delivered good performances.

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