Rui Borges readies Sporting v Arouca with three confirmed absences | OneFootball

Sporting continued their preparations this Thursday for Saturday’s home match against Arouca (8:30 pm), in the 7th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. After seeing Salvador Blopa return to training with the team on Wednesday, Rui Borges had no new updates this time regarding the injury list.

As such, still under the care of the medical department and therefore unavailable for selection for the clash at Alvalade are the trio of Ibrahima Ba - who is due back in October - , Nuno Santos and Moncef Zekri, making them the three absentees for Rui Borges for this latest national league match.

The two new signings (Ba and Zekri) are doing specific muscle-strengthening work, so they are only expected to return to the coach’s options after the break for international fixtures. As for Nuno Santos, there is still no set date for when the player will be able to return to full training with the team.

This Friday morning, the green-and-white squad will hold their final training session at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, before Rui Borges speaks to journalists in the António Capela Auditorium during the pre-match press conference (12:15 pm).

The Lions will return to action next Saturday, September 19, against Arouca.

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