Rui Borges with mixed news ahead of Benfica v Sporting clash | OneFootball

Pedro Gonçalves continues his return to top form and has resumed training without any limitations, just two days before the Benfica - Sporting derby, counting for the 13th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The Portuguese midfielder was recently injured but already played a few minutes in the last match against Estrela da Amadora.

Rui Borges led a training session for the main squad of Sporting this Wednesday, December 3rd, after a day off was given to the green and white players. As for good news, Pedro Gonçalves was the standout, as he showed no setbacks in recovering from the injury he recently suffered.

On the other hand, Fotis Ioannidis remains out of Rui Borges's options, which brings closer the confirmation of his absence in the Benfica - Sporting match. The Greek forward was injured in the same match as Pedro Gonçalves but has not yet received the 'ok' to return to competition.

Thus, Fotis Ioannidis joined Zeno Debast, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança in the group of Sporting players assigned to the Club of Alvalade's Performance Unit. Besides that, Rui Borges can count on all other players for what will be the penultimate training session before the game against Benfica.

Sporting will hold its last training session on Thursday, December 4th, in preparation for the Benfica - Sporting match. After that, Rui Borges will face the journalists for the press conference previewing the derby of the 13th round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, scheduled for next Friday, December 5th, at 8:15 PM, at the Estádio da Luz.

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