After cryptic post, Sporting give Morita a special programme | OneFootball

Hidemasa Morita is going through a very difficult period on a personal level. After his lengthy outpouring on social media, which worried Sporting fans, the midfielder has started a preventive muscle strengthening plan in an attempt to return to his best competitive form.

According to information reported by the newspaper A Bola, the midfielder’s post had nothing to do with mental health, but rather with the constant physical problems he has suffered since last season, which caused him to lose his starting spot at Sporting.

Left out of the Japanese national team due to his limited playing time at Alvalade and the fact that he is not at 100%, Morita is taking advantage of the FIFA break to try to improve his physical condition, with an eye on the remainder of Sporting’s season and the 2026 World Cup.

The world’s biggest national team competition will take place in a few months and the midfielder is worried he may not be fit enough to be called up. As such, Sporting’s number 5 is following a strict muscle strengthening plan, trying to reverse the situation that, over the past year and a half, has caused him to miss 21 games for the Lions.

This season, wearing the Sporting shirt, Hidemasa Morita – valued at 11 million euros – has played 14 matches. At the start of this season, the Japanese international midfielder has played a total of 633 minutes, during which he provided one assist to his teammates.

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