Sporting have doubts over Rui Silva | OneFootball

Despite Rui Silva having been considered a potential 'reinforcement' for Sporting for the clash against Kairat Almaty next Thursday, September 18, the truth is that the green and white structure still has doubts about the use of the goalkeeper.

Although the reason that kept the goalkeeper out of the fifth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic is not serious - a trauma to the left hand -, the Portuguese will have to be reassessed upon the return of the green and whites to work, scheduled for this Tuesday, September 16, two days before the match against the Kazakhs.

Even so, the newspaper A Bola writes that the possibility of Rui Silva returning to Rui Borges' options is not entirely ruled out and that he is racing against time for this purpose. However, Sporting is not in a rush for the goalkeeper's recovery for this match, which is not considered of high difficulty.

For this reason, the performance unit of the lions prefers to evaluate the player on a day-to-day basis in Alcochete, and the use of Sporting's 'number 1' will only happen if there is no possibility of the problem being aggravated.

The Sporting will be back on the field 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 José Alvalade Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 pm.

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