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Sporting will be back on the field next Wednesday, October 1st, against Napoli, in a match for the second round of the regular phase of the Champions League. The match against the team led by Antonio Conte will kick off at 8pm, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

At the moment, the green and whites are in third place in the millionaire's competition table with 3 points, tied with all the other winners of the first round of the competition: Frankfurt, PSG, Union St. Gilloise, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Qarabag, Liverpool, Barcelona, Club Brugge and Real Madrid.

Rui Silva, Georgios Vagiannidis, Zeno Debast, Gonçalo Inácio and Maxi Araújo; Morten Hjulmand and Hidemasa Morita; Geovany Quenda, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves and Luis Suárez. This is expected to be the starting eleven of Sporting under Rui Borges for the next round of the Champions League.

After returning from injury, Rui Silva showed a high level, making a couple of important saves. Despite the return of Ousmane Diomande to the squad, Zeno Debast should keep his place, forming a duo in the defense axis with Gonçalo Inácio. Meanwhile, Georgios Vagiannidis is expected to make his absolute debut in the millionaire's competition and Maxi Araújo will continue the good work done in Amoreira.

In the midfield, Morten Hjulmand is expected to pair with Hidemasa Morita, who was substituted at half-time in the match against Estoril, in order to be physically managed and be able to start in Sporting's 11. Geovany Quenda takes the right flank, with Pedro Gonçalves on the left midfield. Francisco Trincão will be free in the center of the field, playing behind the striker, Luis Suárez.

Broadcast: SportTV 5

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