Injured Sporting player returns to training, but with the B team | OneFootball

Salvador Blopa is back in training without any restrictions and is getting ready to compete again for Sporting. The winger has overcome the muscle problem that affected the start of the season and is now training regularly with the squad managed by Rui Borges.

His return gives the Sporting coach a new option in a position currently occupied by Iván Fresneda and Georgios Vagiannidis. Before becoming an option for the first team again, however, the youngster will need to regain his match fitness. The defined strategy is to use the player in the B team, allowing him to gradually return to matches after his spell on the sidelines.

This was also the route recently followed by João Simões and, in the previous season, by Nuno Santos and Daniel Bragança, who also used the reserve team to recover their competitive sharpness after long-term injuries.

The absence came as a result of muscle problems in his calves which had already affected the player last season and ended up delaying the start of his 2026/27 campaign. Blopa has already returned to ball work and is now at a stage where he mainly needs to recover his rhythm.

The youngster, who came through Sporting’s academy from start to finish, has already shown that he can be a valid option for the senior side. Under Rui Borges, he had a dream debut on 28 October 2025, when he scored twice in the 5-1 win over Alverca in the League Cup.

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