All eyes on Benfica v Santa Clara, Bruno Lage weighs up his options | OneFootball

It wasn't this time that Bruno Lage had the entire working group gathered at the Benfica Campus, in Seixal. After today's work session, September 10, it was still possible to verify that there are still some players missing and that the Setubal native will only be able to count on everyone during tomorrow, September 11, in the last training before the reception to Santa Clara.

Despite not having everyone in training, today turned out to be a very busy day at Humberto Delgado airport, in Lisbon, with the arrival of the vast majority of Benfica's internationals, who finished their presence in international commitments yesterday.

After the arrival of some names like Leandro Barreiro, Samuel Dahl and Vangelis Pavidis, today it was the turn of António Silva, Anatoliy Trubin, Georgiy Sudakov, Andreas Schjelderup, Amar Dedic, Rafael Obrador and Nicolás Otamendi to set foot on the firm ground of the Portuguese capital.

Thus, only tomorrow, Bruno Lage will be able to count on the entire squad at his disposal. Richard Ríos, who was in action for Colombia, early this Wednesday, has not yet arrived, however, the Colombian midfielder arrives in time to join the last work session before the game with Santa Clara.

Preparing for the reception to the Azoreans, the Setubal coach already knows that he will not be able to count on a handful of athletes for the match at Estádio da Luz. In addition to Alexander Bah, Manu Silva, Bruma and Nuno Félix, Lage also does not count on Dodi Lukebakio - still not 100% - and Amar Dedic, who suffered a traumatic sprain.

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