Porto gearing up for the Sporting clash, standout details catch the eye | OneFootball

Less than 24 hours after suffering what was their first defeat of the season in the League, against Casa Pia, by 2-1, the main squad of Porto returned, late Tuesday morning, 'home', to begin preparations for the upcoming match against Sporting.

The session was marked by Seko Fofana’s debut under the orders of Francesco Farioli, who, it should be recalled, arrived at Estádio do Dragão towards the end of the now-closed winter transfer window, coming from Stade Rennais on a loan deal valid until the end of the season, with no associated cost or purchase option clause.

However, not all the news was good for the Italian coach, who could not count on Martim Fernandes. The full-back was replaced by Alberto Costa at halftime of the match against the 'gansos', and, in a statement issued through the official platforms, the blue and white club highlighted that he was diagnosed with "plantar fasciitis".

The Portuguese under-21 international was limited to "recovery work with the rest of the group and treatment", and thus his name appears in the medical report, alongside Nehuén Pérez and Luuk de Jong, "both undergoing treatment and gym work", with injuries that will keep them off the pitch for several months.

It should be noted that before the Clássico, Sporting will take the field next Thursday, February 5, against AVS. The match, counting for the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by João Henriques, will be played at 8:45 p.m. in Alvalade. The time for the subsequent semi-final is already known.

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