Sporting get ready for Famalicão and Rui Borges with new striker | OneFootball

Sporting’s main football team returned to training this Thursday, already preparing for the home match against Famalicão for the 22nd round of Liga Portugal. Rui Borges brought some new faces for the match against the team from Minho.

The 44-year-old coach called up the young players Eduardo Felicíssimo, Manuel Mendonça and Gabriel Silva to train at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy. The first of these had already made his debut with the senior team last season; while the last, a forward from Sporting’s B team, ended up being the main highlight among this group.

The Lions also trained on Tuesday without Zeno Debast and Fotis Ioannidis. The Belgian centre-back (left knee injury) and the Greek forward (ligament injury in the left knee) remain under the care of the Performance Unit, as does Geovany Quenda (recovering in London from a fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his right foot).

The match against Porto had consequences for Sporting, with two confirmed absences for the next round, both due to disciplinary suspensions and not physical problems: Luis Suárez and Maxi Araújo.

The green and white club will be back on the pitch next Sunday, February 15th, against Famalicão. The match, counting for the 22nd round of Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, will be played at 8:30 pm, at Alvalade.

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