Sporting starter’s call-up to the national team forces a change of plans | OneFootball

Although Rui Borges managed the last Sporting games - due to a knock on his right knee -, Luis Suárez has already joined the Colombian team and won't hold back and has his goals well defined for this break.

According to the newspaper Record, this plan mainly concerns the minutes played by the Colombian international. Suárez wants to impress Néstor Lorenzo and secure a spot in the starting eleven for the cafeteros, already thinking about the final phase of the competition.

Nevertheless, the Sporting forward is aware that as soon as he returns to Alvalade, he is the only forward available to Rui Borges - since Fotis Ioannidis is injured and is expected to be out for four to six weeks. When he returns, Suárez will go straight into preparation for the match against Marinhense, but Rodrigo Ribeiro and Rafael Nel might end up joining him, with the Colombian being managed in the main competition.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played 17 matches: 11 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, four in the Champions League, one in the Portuguese Cup, and another in the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup. In 1,182 minutes, the striker scored eight goals and made two assists.

The green and white team will return to the field only on Saturday, November 22, against Marinhense. The match, for the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by Rui Sacramento, will be played at 6:00 PM in Alvalade.

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