Rui Borges faces key squad loss at Sporting after Champions League win | OneFootball

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·23 de octubre de 2025

Rui Borges faces key squad loss at Sporting after Champions League win

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Zeno Debast is out for Sporting. The Belgian central defender was a starter in the Sporting - Marseille match, part of the third round of the Champions League which the lions won 2-1, but was substituted by Rui Borges in the final stretch of the match after showing physical difficulties - the green and white coach commented on the injury right after the final whistle of the match.

Sporting trained on the morning of Thursday, October 23, with all the starters doing the usual recovery work, with only one exception: Zeno Debast, who, according to an official note from the Alvalade Club, is placed "in the Performance Unit." At this moment, the duration of the central defender's absence is unknown.


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This is, in fact, the only negative note from the match against Marseille. According to the information shared through official channels, Sporting has no other absences in the squad, at a time when Daniel Bragança and Nuno Santos continue recovering from the more serious injuries they sustained last season.

Thus, all the players who were not starters against Marseille were on the field under the orders of Rui Borges. After the victory against Marseille, the lions focus their attention on the next match, against Tondela, for the Liga Portugal Betclic.

Sporting will train again next Friday, October 24, in the morning, behind closed doors. This should be the penultimate training session before the match against Tondela, related to the 10th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, which is scheduled for 6:00 PM next Sunday, October 26.

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

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