After beating Porto, Sporting gear up for Braga trip with three players out | OneFootball

Sporting returned to work after their victory over Porto (1-0) in the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, and is already preparing for the away match against Braga, scheduled for Saturday. The triumph over the Dragons was their 30th win in 40 games this season and puts the Lions ahead in the tie, whose second leg will only be played on April 22 at Estádio do Dragão.

In the training session held at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy, the starters who played against the blue and white team only did recovery exercises, while the rest of the squad trained on the pitch under the guidance of Rui Borges. The group will meet again on Thursday morning for another closed-door training session.

With no information to the contrary, Rui Borges still has three absences: Ricardo Mangas, Giorgi Kochorashvili, and Geovany Quenda. Besides that, as in the last sessions before the Clássico, Zeno Debast and Fotis Ioannidis are believed to have taken part in the Lions’ training.

With 24 rounds played so far, Rui Borges’ team has accumulated a total of 61 points and is in second place in the Liga Portugal Betclic standings. Porto (65) is in first place, while Benfica is third with 58.

It should be noted that the green and white side will take the field next Saturday, March 7, against Braga. The match, counting for the 25th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by Carlos Vicens, will be played at Estádio Municipal de Braga at 18:00.

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