Update on Rui Silva’s injury at Sporting | OneFootball

Rui Silva remains one of the main uncertainties for Sporting in Rui Borges' choices for the official debut of the lions in the Champions League, against Kairat, next Thursday, September 18. After missing the trip to Famalicão's ground, the goalkeeper's presence in the prestigious competition is still uncertain.

Although the reason that kept him out of the fifth round match of the Liga Portugal Betclic is not serious - a contusion on his left hand -, the Portuguese goalkeeper will need to be reassessed upon the return of the green and whites to training, which only happens on Tuesday, September 16, two days before the match against the Kazakhs.

Nevertheless, the newspaper A Bola writes that the possibility of Rui Silva returning to Rui Borges' options is not entirely ruled out, as it is not a serious injury. Even so, Sporting is in no rush for the goalkeeper's recovery for this match, which is not considered highly challenging.

For this reason, the performance unit of the lions prefers to evaluate the player day by day in Alcochete, and the use of Sporting's 'number 1' will only happen if there is no possibility of the problem worsening.

Sporting will return to the field on Thursday, September 18, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 PM.

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