Sporting quintet back in training, but Rui Borges missing 12 players | OneFootball

Sporting held another training session this Wednesday, October 15, to prepare for the Portuguese Cup match in Paços de Ferreira. Rui Borges welcomed the return of five key names: Gonçalo Inácio, Zeno Debast, Georgios Vagiannidis, Morten Hjulmand, and Fotis Ioannidis.

The coach was still unable to count on 10 players who have been on international duty in the last few hours: Rui Silva, Francisco Trincão, and Pote with Portugal; João Simões and Geovany Quenda with the U21s, as well as Rodrigo Ribeiro with the U20s; Iván Fresneda featured for Spain U21, Giorgi Kochorashvili (Georgia), Geny Catamo (who scored for Mozambique) and Luis Suárez (Colombia).

Joining the absentees are Nuno Santos and Daniel Bragança (12), who are recovering from serious injuries sustained last season. Youngsters Rafael Nel, Rodrigo Dias, Samuel Justo, Rafael Besugo, David Moreira, José Silva, and Rômulo Júnior were called up by the coach.

After three days off granted by the coach of the back-to-back national champions, there were several highlights at the green-and-whites’ headquarters. Tomorrow, the Lions return to training, reportedly with the arrival of most of the players who have yet to join the sessions.

The match, part of the third round of the Portuguese Cup, against the team led by Filipe Cândido, will be played at Estádio Capital do Móvel at 8:15 p.m.

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