Sporting star to leave Rui Borges without key player for five matches | OneFootball

Zeno Debast will be out of Rui Borges' options for five games, which equates to almost a month of absence from Sporting. The player left the match against Marseille injured, during the third round of the Champions League, and his return is only expected for the next international break.

At the end of the match, Rui Borges revealed that he was unaware of the nature of the injury, further explaining that he initially thought it was cramps. However, the player was re-evaluated this Thursday by Sporting's medical team, and, according to the newspaper Record, the diagnosis is a muscle injury in the right thigh.

The same Portuguese newspaper reports that the Belgian central defender is expected to be out of competition until the end of the next FIFA international break. This would mean missing the matches against Tondela (League), Alverca (Allianz Cup), Alverca (League), Juventus (Champions), and Santa Clara (League), and also being excused from the Belgian national team duties. The return could happen on November 23, for the Portuguese Cup, against Marinhense.

Rui Borges is thus deprived of one of the most used central defenders in Sporting so far. His options include Gonçalo Inácio and Ousmane Diomande, who recently returned from injury, as well as Eduardo Quaresma and Matheus Reis, who have been used less this season.

At the start of this season, Zeno Debast - valued at 30 million euros - has already played 13 official matches wearing the Sporting jersey. The Belgian international for the lions records, so far, 855 minutes of play, but still without any goals or assists to his personal account.

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