Rui Borges turns tide: Sporting outpoints Benfica, Porto | OneFootball

There are fewer and fewer Portuguese players used by coaches and clubs in the Liga Portugal Betclic. However, Sporting contradicts this trend, unlike its direct rivals, Porto and Benfica, who end up 'depending' more on foreign footballers in their squads.

In the last two rounds, the team coached by Rui Borges was the one that presented the most Portuguese players in the National Championship, in the matches against Famalicão and Moreirense. This only happens after the market closes, since before this place belonged to Vitória SC, but the departures of three Portuguese athletes unbalanced the accounts.

In the match against Famalicão, the lions' coach bet on a total of six Portuguese: João Virgínia, Gonçalo Inácio, Ricardo Mangas, Geovany Quenda, Francisco Trincão and Pedro Gonçalves were starters, but Eduardo Quaresma and João Simões also entered during the match. In the reception to Moreirense, the choices were the same, with the difference coming from the bench - since this time only Simões was launched into the game.

Moreover, this issue is also seen in the goals scored. Of the 22 goals scored by Sporting this season, in all competitions, more than half are from Portuguese players - 13: Trincão (5), Pote (5), Mangas (2) and Quenda (1).

At this time, the team led by Rui Borges totals 15 points in the National Championship. The lions are thus in second place in the competition, behind Porto, which has 18 points, and ahead of Benfica, with 13.

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