Rui Borges missing trio in training after Sporting v Arsenal | OneFootball

Sporting returned to training at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete after the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. Rui Borges’ team is now turning its attention to the league, where it is set to face Estrela da Amadora.

In the training session, the players who started in the huge European clash carried out recovery work, while the rest of the squad trained normally on the pitch, beginning preparations for the next challenge.

As part of that preparation, the group will train again this Thursday, April 9, in a session in which Rui Borges is expected to have practically all available players at his disposal, although still limited by some absences due to injury.

Nuno Santos, Luís Guilherme and Fotis Ioannidis remain under the care of Sporting’s medical department and are confirmed absentees at this stage, while Sporting fine-tunes its strategy to return to winning ways in the league and resume its push for a possible third straight title.

It should be remembered that the green-and-white side takes to the pitch next Saturday, April 11, against Estrela da Amadora. The match, valid for matchday 29 of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team managed by João Nuno, will be played at 8:30 pm at the José Gomes Stadium.

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