Sporting star misses Club World Cup opener injured: not sure when fit | OneFootball

The 2026 World Cup will get underway without Zeno Debast among Belgium’s options. The Sporting defender is still recovering from the muscle injury he suffered before the trip to Rio Ave, in the final stretch of the league campaign, and will not be used in the Belgians’ first match of the competition.

Head coach Rudi Garcia provided an update on the Sporting centre-back’s medical condition and explained that the player is still working separately from the squad: "Zeno is not here because it is more important for him to recover in Tubize with our medical staff," the coach revealed.

Even so, the news is encouraging for Belgium: "His rehabilitation is going well, but I don’t want to make a prediction about when he will return. I don’t know when he will be fit, but it won’t be for Egypt," added Rudi Garcia, thus confirming that the Sporting player will miss Belgium’s opening match at the World Cup.

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