Rui Borges wants a goal-shy striker to fill Pote’s spot at Sporting | OneFootball

With some doubts surrounding the use of Pedro Gonçalves in Sporting - Kairat, Rui Borges chose to call up Lucas Anjos, a player from the club’s B team at Alvalade—still without goals in four games this season—so he could be an option for the Lions.

“If Pote doesn’t play, there are other solutions, but he is called up. There’s Maxi, Fotis, Alisson, Lucas Anjos, who is also called up. There are several options,” confirmed the coach of the green and whites to journalists present at the press conference.

Moreover, given the wave of injuries Sporting is currently facing, Rui Borges had also called up Rayan Lucas and Rodrigo Ribeiro for the final training session before the Champions League debut, and they may also be included in the Lions’ squad for the prestigious competition.

Sporting will return to the field 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 prestigious competition, it should be noted that Sporting will face not only Kairat, 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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