Morita gives Sporting a welcome headache before Champions League | OneFootball

Hidemasa Morita returned to Sporting's training in the last session led by Rui Borges before the Lions' Champions League debut against Kairat. The Japanese international has recovered from injury and will be available for the match.

While this was good news for the green and white coach, it turned out to be the only one. Although the Japanese player returned, Pedro Gonçalves might have been ruled out - the player trained separately, under restrictions, and is doubtful for the prestigious competition's match.

Besides the 'number 8', Rui Silva, Ousmane Diomande, Geny Catamo, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança are also absent. These were the main highlights of the first 15 minutes of Sporting's training, open to the media.

Sporting will take the field again on Thursday, September 18, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 PM.

In the league phase of the prestigious competition, it should be noted, Sporting will face not only Kairat (which is without a goalkeeper) but also Napoli (on October 1, at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium), Marseille (on October 22, at Alvalade), Juventus (on November 4, at Juventus Stadium), Club Brugge (on November 26, at Alvalade), Bayern Munich (on December 9, at Allianz Arena), PSG (on January 20, at Alvalade), and finally, Athletic Bilbao (on January 28, at San Mamés).

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