Kochorashvili gets an earful ahead of Sporting v Kairat 👂 | OneFootball

At a time when he is waiting to make his debut in the Champions League, Giorgi Kochorashvili receives news that could jeopardize it: Hidemasa Morita has recovered and is available for Rui Borges in Sporting’s match against Kairat, in the first round of the competition.

While this was good news for the green and white coach, it ended up being the only one. If the Japanese player is back, Pedro Gonçalves may have dropped out of the options – the player trained separately, under restrictions, and is doubtful for the millionaire competition match.

Apart from the ‘number 8’, Rui Silva, Ousmane Diomande, Geny Catamo, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança are also absent. These were the main highlights of the first 15 minutes of Sporting’s training session, which were open to the media.

Sporting will be back on the pitch 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 p.m.

In the league phase of the millionaire competition, let’s recall, Sporting will face not only Kairat (who are without a goalkeeper) but also Napoli (on October 1, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium), Marseille (on October 22, at Alvalade), Juventus (on November 4, at the Juventus Stadium), Club Brugge (on November 26, at Alvalade), Bayern Munich (on December 9, at the Allianz Arena), PSG (on January 20, at Alvalade), and finally, Athletic Bilbao (on January 28, at San Mamés).

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