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Pedro Gonçalves will be out for at least six weeks after tearing his right thigh again. The versatile Sporting player had already suffered the same injury at the start of the season in a match against Santa Clara. He is now forced to take another break.

The information is reported by the newspaper A Bola. Pedro Gonçalves will be off the field for at least six weeks. This period means that the green and white player will miss at least seven matches for the lions, potentially returning for the match against PSG in the Champions League.

After getting injured against Santa Clara, Pedro Gonçalves was forced to stop and miss four games, between Sporting and the National Team. The player recently returned, played in the matches against Estrela da Amadora and Benfica, but did not travel to Germany to face Bayern Munich. In training before that match, he felt discomfort in his right thigh, which will again keep him out for a long period.

Pedro Gonçalves will miss seven matches (eight if Sporting reaches the League Cup final), assuming he returns against PSG. The lions will be without him in the matches against AFS (League), Santa Clara (Portuguese Cup), V. Guimarães (League), Rio Ave (League), Gil Vicente (League), V. Guimarães (League Cup and, if victorious, the competition final), and Casa Pia (League).

Rui Borges, remember, spoke about this issue in a press conference previewing the game against AFS: "He was fit to play, so much so that he played, otherwise we wouldn't have taken that risk. We have demonstrated very well how we manage players. Fortunately, we have had few muscle injuries. Pedro, and I said this before the game, felt discomfort in training and ended up with a muscle injury. I can't say how long it will be because I'm not part of the medical team. What I can say is that he won't be able to contribute in the upcoming games. He will contribute in other ways."

"That's science, I can't answer that... He was fine in training and I've already answered that. He felt discomfort in the last move of training, I can't be more specific. Sometimes, it's the physiology of the athletes and we know that. In what we do, we do it very well. I wish no one had injuries, but that's impossible. It has to do with genetics at certain times. We control accumulated fatigue and we feel it. That's why I say the work is very well done. But we can't control everything. Is it the same as at the beginning of November? Yes, it's muscular," added the Sporting coach.

Check out this great moment of Pedro Gonçalves this season, serving Sporting:

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