To cover absences, Rui Borges calls up ten reinforcements at Sporting | OneFootball

Sporting returned to training this Wednesday, March 25, after two days off following the win over Alverca (4-1), but with several absences due to international duty. In total, 12 players from the main squad are away with their respective national teams.

Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio, Pote and Francisco Trincão (Portugal), João Simões (under-21s), Zeno Debast (Belgium), Ousmane Diomande (Ivory Coast), Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece), Maxi Araújo (Uruguay), Morten Hjulmand (Denmark), Luis Suárez (Colombia) and Iván Fresneda (Spain under-21s) will only return to Alcochete next week.

Given this situation, Rui Borges called up several youngsters to complete the workload for the green-and-whites, while also assessing them: Bruno Ramos, David Moreira, Rômulo, Rodrigo Dias, Kauã, Rayan Lucas, Samuel Justo, Tanlongo, Lucas Anjos and Paulo Cardoso.

Giorgi Kochorashvili, Nuno Santos, Luís Guilherme and Fotis Ioannidis remain on the medical bulletin. Geovany Quenda, meanwhile, is in the final stages of recovery in London and is expected in Lisbon next Monday. The squad will train again on Thursday morning, once more behind closed doors, at the Alcochete Academy.

Sporting will then return to action on Friday, April 3, against Santa Clara. The match, valid for round 28 of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against Petit’s side, will be played at the José Alvalade Stadium at 8:30 pm.

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