Sporting training featured a completely unexpected boost for Rui Borges | OneFootball

Sporting returned to training this Wednesday after their 4-1 win over Alverca in the 27th round of the league. With several absences due to international duty, Rui Borges turned to the youth ranks and the B team to complete the training group.

Rayan Lucas, Bruno Ramos, David Moreira, Rômulo, Rodrigo Dias, Kauã Oliveira, Samuel Justo, Mateo Tanlongo, Lucas Anjos and Paulo Cardoso joined the first-team squad with the aim of filling the gaps and being assessed by the coach.

The main highlight is Tanlongo, a defensive midfielder who is involved in a dispute with Racing Santander over the failure to formalize a contract following an offer from Copenhagen in the summer of 2023. Signed from Rosario Central in January 2023, the Argentine failed to establish himself at Alvalade and was loaned out to Copenhagen, Rio Ave and Pafos. Without a club assignment this season, he was eventually integrated into the B team, where he has made nine appearances, three as a starter, now earning a call-up from Rui Borges.

On the Sporting medical bulletin, Nuno Santos, Giorgi Kochorashvili, Luís Guilherme, Fotis Ioannidis and Geovany Quenda remain sidelined, with the latter still in London in the final stage of his recovery. The squad will train again on Thursday morning in Alcochete behind closed doors.

Sporting will next take to the field on Friday, April 3, against Santa Clara. The match, counting for round 28 of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against Petit’s side, will be played at the José Alvalade Stadium at 8:30 pm.

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