Rui Borges drops player to the bench and shakes up Sporting’s tactics | OneFootball

Rui Borges is expected to leave Georgios Vagiannidis on the bench for the Santa Clara - Sporting match and promote Eduardo Quaresma to Sporting's starting eleven. The 'number 72' will once again be given a chance, but just like in Turin, he will play at right-back for Sporting.

This information is being reported by the newspaper Record, which also adds that the coach was pleased with the experience of having the Portuguese U21 international in this position during the match against Juventus, when he came on to replace Vagiannidis. This time, the Greek player will end up starting the next match on the bench.

Even so, the same source also reveals that this decision will only be 100% confirmed after Thursday's and Friday's training sessions, which precede the trip to the Azores. Rui Borges wants to see Quaresma's response, since Iván Fresneda will also miss this match.

This season, wearing Sporting's shirt, Eduardo Quaresma – valued at 17 million euros – has played six matches. So far this season, the player has played a total of 337 minutes, without scoring any goals or providing any assists.

The green and white team will be back on the pitch next Saturday, November 8, against Santa Clara, in a match for the 11th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The match against the team led by Vasco Matos will be played at 8:30 pm at Estádio de São Miguel, in Ponta Delgada.

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