True ordeal! Fotis Ioannidis brings more bad news for Sporting | OneFootball

The situation with Fotis Ioannidis continues to drag on and is far from being just a one-off absence. The Sporting striker will, once again, miss the game—this time against Alverca, a match in which Luís Guilherme will also be unavailable—and the scenario is starting to take on the contours of a true ordeal.

The problem remains exactly the same: persistent pain in the area of the internal lateral ligament of the left knee. Although no serious structural injury has been identified in the tests, the Performance Unit is being extremely cautious and will only give the green light when the player is completely free of complaints. In other words, there is no room for risks.

This means the absence is lasting much longer than initially expected at Sporting. It all began back in November, against Santa Clara, when he first felt the symptoms. At the time, he managed to return relatively quickly, but the problem was never fully resolved.

The decisive moment came on January 6, against Vitória de Guimarães in the Allianz Cup, when he relapsed. Since then, it has been a cycle of small comeback attempts and new setbacks. He did return against Moreirense, but only for 13 minutes — and since then, he has disappeared from the options once again.

At this moment, Ioannidis has already missed several consecutive matches and is preparing to miss another one for Sporting, prolonging what is now the longest absence of his career. Not even during his time at Panathinaikos or Levadiakos was he sidelined for so long.

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