Rui Borges finds reason to unleash his ‘favourite’ at Sporting | OneFootball

The reason why Luis Suárez is Rui Borges’ ‘preferred’ choice for Sporting’s match against Alverca, this Friday, October 31, is already known. The Lions’ coach has chosen the Colombian international for this round, instead of Fotis Ioannidis.

Since the Lions expect Custódio’s team to arrive at the green and white stronghold with a low block, the ‘number 97’ offers the green and white coach better options to counter this attempt to break or hinder the attack.

The truth is that Luis Suárez stands out for his fondness for physical contact and, currently, shows greater ease in creating and exploiting spaces in the opponent’s box, thanks to his movement. Rui Borges has even mentioned several times that, when choosing Sporting’s starting eleven, he takes into account the characteristics of the opponent and, in this case, the South American seems to have the advantage.

This season, wearing the green and white stripes, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played 14 matches. The Sporting player has taken part in most of the official games at the start of this season: nine in Liga Portugal, three in the Champions League, one in the Portuguese Cup, and another in the Super Cup. In the 996 minutes he has played, the striker has scored eight goals and provided two assists.

Sporting returns to the pitch this Friday, October 31, against Alverca. The match, counting for the tenth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by Custódio, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade at 8:15 pm.

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