Sporting forced to take action over Luis Suárez | OneFootball

Luis Suárez will be Rui Borges’ obvious choice to lead Sporting’s attack against Club Brugge. With Fotis Ioannidis still injured, the Colombian international will have all the responsibility and, despite his recent travels during the FIFA break, the player is as fresh as possible.

This has been confirmed by the newspaper Record, which reports that, despite the miles traveled for his international commitments and, more recently, to Spain to receive the Pichichi Award, the ‘number 97’ is in good physical condition to take his place in the fifth round of the Champions League.

In fact, Rui Borges even managed Suárez’s minutes against Marinhense. Although he came on in the final stages of the match and still helped Sporting with a goal, the striker was left out of the starting eleven, with Rodrigo Ribeiro taking his place.

Furthermore, despite some recent scares for Sporting regarding a possible injury to the player – who even trained several times with protection on his right knee – this knock does not seem to be a major concern and the situation is now fully resolved.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played in 18 matches: 11 in Liga Portugal Betclic, four in the Champions League, two in the Portuguese Cup, and one in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. In his 1,206 minutes on the pitch, the striker has scored nine goals and provided two assists.

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