Luis Suárez on special plan with national team, Sporting handle fallout | OneFootball

Luis Suárez has already joined his national team and Sporting is fully aware that their striker has a "specific plan" waiting for him, after feeling the effects of a knock in recent matches, even having to play with his right knee protected against Juventus and Santa Clara.

According to the newspaper Record, this plan mainly concerns the minutes played by the Colombian international. Suárez wants to impress Néstor Lorenzo and secure a spot in the Cafeteros’ starting eleven, already with an eye on the final phase of the competition.

Even so, the Sporting striker is aware that as soon as he returns to Alvalade, he will be the only striker available to Rui Borges—since Fotis Ioannidis is injured and expected to be out for four to six weeks. When he returns, Suárez will go straight into preparations for the match against Marinhense, but Rodrigo Ribeiro and Rafael Nel may end up joining him, with the Colombian being managed in the main cup competition.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Luis Suárez—valued at 22 million euros—has played 17 matches: 11 in Liga Portugal Betclic, four in the Champions League, one in the Portuguese Cup, and another in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In 1,182 minutes, the striker has scored eight goals and provided two assists.

The green and white club will only return to the pitch on Saturday, November 22, against Marinhense. The match, part of the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by Rui Sacramento, will be played at 6:00 pm at Alvalade.

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