Focusing on Famalicão v Sporting, Rui Borges set for some surprises | OneFootball

As the first break for the national teams is underway, several national teams, notably Sporting, have suffered a significant cut in their current assets, as they are fulfilling international commitments. Given the significant losses in his squad, Rui Borges made a point of calling seven young players to today's training session.

In the training session that took place at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy on the morning of Thursday, September 4, the coach from Mirandela, due to the lack of athletes, especially those who were called up to the National Team, called seven footballers from the youth ranks to observe them and see how they integrated into the main team's training.

Thus, in the first training sessions in preparation for the visit to Famalicão, a match that will mark Sporting's return to competition after the defeat against Porto, Rui Borges had the presence of defenders Bruno Ramos, José Silva, and Rodrigo Dias. For the midfield, the Leonine coach called Rafael Besugo and Samuel Justo. For the attack, the northerner observed the evolution of Lucas Anjos and Rafael Nel.

It is worth remembering that the group of seven footballers called up by Rui Borges are important pieces of the Sporting B squad, led by João Gião. A team that, in the current season, returned to the national second division, after several years playing in the Portugal Championship and Liga 3. To date, the young lions have been conducting a solid campaign in the Liga Portugal Meu Super.

Remember that, in addition to the five injured athletes, namely, Diomande, Maxi Araújo, Nuno Santos, Morita, and Daniel Bragança, Rui Borges did not count on internationals Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio, Pedro Gonçalves, Francisco Trincão, Geovany Quenda, Rodrigo Ribeiro, João Simões, Morten Hjulmand, Zeno Debast and other names from the Leonine squad. It is worth mentioning that Roberto Martínez 'opened' the door to Ricardo Mangas.

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