Exclusive Leonino – Rui Borges stalls Sporting starlet’s breakthrough | OneFootball

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·18 de octubre de 2025

Exclusive Leonino – Rui Borges stalls Sporting starlet’s breakthrough

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João Virgínia will be the starter in the Paços de Ferreira - Sporting match, valid for the Portuguese Cup, as reported by Leonino. Despite the good performances of Diego Callai in the B team of the lions, Rui Borges has decided to choose the second option of the main green and white squad to take Rui Silva's place in goal for the debut in the premier competition.

According to close sources, the coach of the Alvalade Club remains attentive to the evolution of the player from the secondary team, but believes that this is not yet the right moment for Callai to establish himself, ultimately 'delaying' this process, despite already having a renewal lined up with Sporting.


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As such, João Virgínia will return to Sporting's starting eleven, something that has already happened this season due to Rui Silva's brief injury break. Rui Borges was pleased with the 26-year-old goalkeeper and, therefore, wants to maintain his rotation among the lions' goalkeepers.

This season, wearing Sporting's jersey, João Virgínia - valued at 800 thousand euros - has played three matches, in which he played 270 minutes and conceded two goals. The goalkeeper was also used in the Five Violins Trophy, against Villarreal, due to Rui Silva's unavailability.

The match, counting for the third round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by Filipe Cândido, will be played at the Estádio Capital do Móvel, at 8:15 PM.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.

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