Rui Borges suffers new blow before Sporting v Kairat 🟢🟡 | OneFootball

Breaking news: Pedro Gonçalves is not participating in Sporting’s training session ahead of the match against Kairat, which counts for the first round of the Champions League. The player’s absence is the main highlight, in terms of absences, this morning at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

During the first 15 minutes of open training, Pote’s absence was noticeable, as he is doing restricted work in the gym just one day before the Lions’ debut in the prestigious competition. Besides the number 8, Rui Silva, Ousmane Diomande, Geny Catamo, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança are also absent.

The truth is that the player had left the match against Famalicão last Saturday with a knock, in which he ended up being the man of the match, with a goal and an assist. Now, there are still some doubts about his recovery in time to be in the starting eleven for the Lions against the Kazakhs.

Sporting will take the field again on Thursday, September 18, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at the José Alvalade Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 PM.

In the league phase of the prestigious competition, remember, Sporting will face not only Kairat (who are without a goalkeeper) but also Napoli (on October 1, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium), Marseille (on October 22, at Alvalade), Juventus (on November 4, at the Juventus Stadium), Club Brugge (on November 26, at Alvalade), Bayern Munich (on December 9, at the Allianz Arena), PSG (on January 20, at Alvalade), and finally, Athletic Bilbao (on January 28, at San Mamés).

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