Nightmare continues: Sporting crock out until season’s final third | OneFootball

More news about Daniel Bragança's recovery: the Sporting midfielder is only expected to return to activity in the last third of this season, the exact opposite of what seems to happen with Nuno Santos, who may already be back next October.

As revealed by the newspaper Record, the 'jersey 23' of the lions does not yet have a 100% defined date, however, it is possible that it only happens in the last third of the current sports season, if there is no setback in his recovery.

It's worth remembering that the midfielder suffered a complete rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee, in the reception to Arouca, and missed the big decisions of the last season, dealing with the second serious injury of his career. Despite having already ditched the crutches and is already doing some exercises and light running on grass. However, the path that remains for the midfielder for a fruitful recovery is still lengthy.

The lions' coach has, however, a strengthened midfield this season, to avoid the problems that arose in the season that ended. Even without Bragança, Sporting will have Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Zeno Debast, Giorgi Kochorashvili, João Simões and also Pedro Gonçalves and young players from the academy.

In 2024/25, wearing the Sporting jersey, Daniel Bragança – valued at 12 million euros – played 29 matches: 18 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, eight in the Champions League, two in the Portuguese Cup and one in the Super Cup. In the 1,590 minutes played, he scored four goals and made nine assists.

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