Kairat to play teenager in goal vs Sporting in Champions League | OneFootball

Kairat left their last game with bad news, and Sporting might benefit from it. The Kazakhstani team is the first opponent for Rui Borges's squad in the Champions League, with a match scheduled for next Thursday, September 18th.

The Almaty team will be forced to field Sherkhan Kalmurza, a goalkeeper just 18 years old, in the first game of the league phase of the prestigious competition, as their two main goalkeepers are injured. The young player made his debut in the last game against Aqtobe.

Despite Kairat winning the match and climbing to the top of the Kazakhstani league, Temirlan Anarbekov left the game injured after fracturing his jaw. The usual goalkeeper, Alexander Zarutsky, has been unavailable since the Champions League play-off match and is only expected to return in October.

Sporting will take the field again on Thursday, September 18th, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade with kickoff scheduled for 8:00 PM.

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