Sporting head to Norway with doubts for the Champions League | OneFootball

It’s a long day for Sporting, who begin their journey to Norway this Monday, March 9th for the match against Bodø/Glimt, valid for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, which will take place on Wednesday, the 11th.

The day starts with a morning training session at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete, scheduled for 10:00 AM. In the afternoon, at 2:00 PM, the Sporting delegation departs for Bodø, on a journey of about 4,800 kilometers and nearly seven hours. Arrival in the Norwegian city is expected around 10:00 PM local time (one hour earlier in Portugal).

Once on Scandinavian soil, the team led by Rui Borges will train again on Tuesday morning, with the pre-match press conference scheduled for 5:15 PM, where the Lions’ coach and a player will be present.

Rui Borges, however, travels with some doubts in the squad. Maxi Araújo and Pedro Gonçalves are suspended and will remain in Lisbon, while the medical department is still awaiting the final verdict on the physical condition of Ricardo Mangas, Giorgi Kochorashvili, and Fotis Ioannidis.

What is certain is that the Lions’ coach is expected to make some changes to the starting eleven, also with the aim of managing the workload of players who require more caution at this stage of the season, such as Hidemasa Morita, Gonçalo Inácio, or even Luis Suárez.

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