Rui Borges finds creative fix for Sporting's 19 absentees | OneFootball

Rui Borges had to call up six players from Sporting's B team to make up for the nearly two dozen absences in the green and white squad. The lions' coach led another training session this Wednesday, September 3, at the Alvalade Club, at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

Despite Sporting having just over a month of competition, Rui Borges already has five injured players in the lions' squad: Daniel Bragança and Nuno Santos are still recovering from issues sustained last season; Ousmane Diomande, Hidemasa Morita, and Maxi Araújo have been injured this season.

In addition to these five injuries, Sporting also has 14 members of the main squad called up to represent their respective national teams during the FIFA international break, which began right after the last round of the Liga Portugal Betclic.

Rui Silva, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, and Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal), Ioannidis and Vagiannidis (Greece), Zeno Debast (Belgium), Giorgi Kochorashvili (Georgia), Morten Hjulmand (Denmark), Luis Suárez (Colombia), Geny Catamo (Mozambique), Geovany Quenda (Portugal U21), Rodrigo Ribeiro (Portugal U20), and João Simões (Portugal U19). These are the players unavailable to train with Rui Borges during the international break.

Thus, Rui Borges called up six young players from the B team to join the main squad's training. They were: Rodrigo Dias and Bruno Ramos (defenders), Rafael Besugo and Samuel Justo (midfielders), Lucas Anjos and Rafael Nel (forwards). The lions will return to work next Thursday, September 4.

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