Sporting shine in UEFA, among Europe's top teams | OneFootball

Sporting has consolidated its position among the elite of European football, now ranking 20th in the top-50 of the UEFA Ranking. With a total of 69,500 points, the club has surpassed internationally prestigious teams such as Tottenham, Juventus, Milan, Napoli, and Aston Villa, as well as Porto and Braga.

This performance reflects not only the consistency of recent seasons but also their performance in the current edition of the Champions League. Currently, the Alvalade Club holds the 14th position in the league phase of the prestigious competition, with 10 points. At the top of the Portuguese hierarchy remains Benfica, occupying the 14th spot in the overall ranking with 87,750 points.

The UEFA scoring system values each victory with two points and each draw with one, but the significant competitive leap lies in the classification bonuses. In the Champions League, the league phase winner earns an additional 12 points, a value that decreases to 6.250 points for the 24th place. Additionally, qualifying for the round of 16 guarantees another 1.5 points in the Champions League, a crucial incentive for the financial and sporting strategy of Sporting.

The physical and regulatory management of the squad will, therefore, be one of the major challenges for the technical team in this match against Paris Saint-Germain. Rui Borges cannot count on Pote, Ousmane Diomande, Ioannidis, Eduardo Quaresma, Salvador Blopa, Nuno Santos, and Geovany Quenda due to injury, Luís Guilherme for not being registered in the prestigious competition, and Morten Hjulmand due to suspension.

The match, counting for the seventh round of the Champions League, against the team led by Luis Enrique, will be played tomorrow, January 20th, at 20:00, in Alvalade. The points at stake in this final stretch of the league phase will be crucial to determine the final bonus and Sporting's position in the draw for the next phase.

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