Rui Borges on two key absences and missing starter for Sporting-AVS SAD | OneFootball

Rui Borges confirmed the absences of Geny Catamo and Ousmane Diomande for the upcoming matches, and revealed that Morten Hjulmand was on the bench for Sporting - AVS SAD due to illness. The green and white coach saw his team triumph with a convincing 6-0 victory, and at the end of the match, he spoke with journalists at the press conference.

"Catamo and Diomande will not face Santa Clara", were the words of Rui Borges after Sporting - AVS SAD, regarding the winger and the central defender. Both players will soon leave the Lions to join the national teams of Mozambique and Ivory Coast, respectively, who will compete in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Afterwards, Rui Borges explained some of the absences and constraints he had to deal with during the 14th round match of Liga Portugal Betclic, Sporting - AVS SAD: "Inácio was managed, he’s not at one hundred percent and since we’re going to lose Diomande, we didn’t want to take any risks".

"Morten was left out because he was ill, with flu-like symptoms or a virus, Iván [Fresneda] and also Luis [Suárez] were as well. But today he showed what it means to be a leader," added Rui Borges, revealing the reason for the Sporting captain’s absence from the starting eleven.

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