Injuries force Sporting boss to turn to youth academy | OneFootball

After four days off, Rui Borges returned to work with Sporting’s main squad, in yet another training session for the Lions. The green and white coach was forced to call up several young players from the Alvalade club, due to the significant absences in the squad.

Rui Borges is, for now, without 13 players from the main team, who are representing their national teams. They are: Rui Silva, Francisco Trincão, Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal), Geovany Quenda (Portugal U21), Rodrigo Ribeiro (Portugal U20), Maxi Araújo (Uruguay), Luis Suárez (Colombia), Giorgi Kochorashvili (Georgia), Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece), Geny Catamo (Mozambique), Morten Hjulmand (Denmark), Ousmane Diomande (Ivory Coast), and Iván Fresneda (Spain U21).

To this group, six injured players are added. João Simões is the most recent, after being released from the U21 National Team. In addition, Nuno Santos, Daniel Bragança, Zeno Debast, Pedro Gonçalves, and Fotis Ioannidis are unavailable due to physical problems.

To make up for the large number of absences in the main Sporting squad, Rui Borges was forced to call up young players from the club’s academy. The chosen ones were Bruno Ramos, Rômulo Júnior (defenders), Samuel Justo, Kauã Oliveira, Ivanildo Mendes (midfielders), Rafael Nel, Chris Grombahi, and Lucas Anjos (forwards).

Rui Borges is preparing, with a reduced squad, for Sporting’s next match. The Lions will face Marinhense, for the Portuguese Cup, on November 22. The green and white team will return to training on the morning of next Friday, November 14.

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