Rui Borges readies Sporting for next match with four key players missing | OneFootball

Sporting continued their preparations for the match against Santa Clara this Thursday, November 6th. The Lions will travel to the Azores next Saturday, November 8th, to play another Liga Portugal Betclic match, this time for the 11th round of the competition.

As happened in the last training session, the players who started in Sporting’s last match against Juventus only did recovery work in the gym at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy. The remaining members of the green and white squad trained under Rui Borges’ instructions on the pitch.

Among them, the highlight was Luis Suárez. The Colombian striker spent the past week wearing knee protection after a knock he suffered in the match against Alverca. The forward now seems fully recovered, despite having been a substitute in the last match against Juventus.

On the other hand, Rui Borges still cannot count on four important names from the Sporting squad. Nuno Santos and Daniel Bragança are still recovering from serious injuries sustained last season. Zeno Debast and Ivan Fresneda are also out, thus completing the quartet of unavailable players for the green and white coach.

Next Friday, November 7th, Sporting will hold their final training session ahead of the match against Santa Clara. Rui Borges will lead the morning training session before holding the pre-match press conference at 12:45 pm. In the afternoon, the green and white team will travel to the Azores.

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