B team ace could be Rui Borges’ next star at Sporting | OneFootball

Salvador Blopa can establish himself as the new revelation of Sporting. The 18-year-old Portuguese youth international has been one of the main highlights in the Lions' B team in Liga Portugal 2, and Rui Borges has been attentive to the player's performances.

The right-back shone once again under João Gião. In the match against Portimonense last Sunday, September 14th, he came off the bench to replace José Silva and scored the goal that confirmed Sporting's 2-1 victory after a comeback in the final moments of the game.

Salvador Blopa hasn't only been making headlines at Sporting. At the beginning of September, he was called up to the Portugal U-19 National Team, where he scored in two of Portugal's three matches in the Stevan Vilotic Tournament, against Hungary and Serbia.

The truth is that the good performances of the 18-year-old winger have not gone unnoticed by the coach of the Lions' main squad, Rui Borges, who has already commented on the quality present in the B team: “We believe a lot in the B team, the start of the season has been very good. There's José Silva, Bruno Ramos... Guys who have been part of the team for a long time, last season. There's [Eduardo] Felicíssimo, Flávio [Gonçalves], Lucas Anjo, Mauro [Couto], Blopa... Rodrigo [Ribeiro] has been playing in the B team and training with us, he has grown a lot in a very short time.”

At the start of this season, Salvador Blopa has been one of the main highlights of Sporting's B team. Under João Gião, in Liga Portugal, the young right-back has already played five games, scoring one goal in 300 minutes of play.

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