Alert, Benfica! Media reveal Aursnes’ expected return date | OneFootball

Fredrik Aursnes is confirmed to be out for the rest of March. The press went further and suggested a probable date for the midfielder's return to competition, and among the various possibilities, everything indicates that the Norwegian is already thinking about the derby between Sporting and Benfica.

After reassessment, which confirmed that the Norwegian will be sidelined for at least a month, the newspaper O Jogo assumes that Aursnes should return in time to be present at Alvalade. According to the same source, the number 8 should gain momentum in the match against Nacional on April 12, in order to be in the best possible shape for the encounter against Sporting.

"It is public knowledge that he has been at risk for a few weeks. Being substituted right after the interval made me think it was more serious than it seemed", José Mourinho had previously mentioned, speaking about the limited physical condition the midfielder has been showing in recent months.

Thus, in the name of a quick but well-done recovery, the Norwegian international will miss the matches against Arouca, Vitória de Guimarães, and Casa Pia, in order to be fit to join the options against the insular team and later be called up for the derby between Benfica and Sporting at Alvalade.

This season, wearing the Benfica jersey, Fredrik Aursnes - valued at 17 million euros - has already played 43 games: 22 in Liga Portugal Betclic, 14 in the Champions League, four in the Portuguese Cup, two in the League Cup, and one in the Super Cup. In the 3,635 minutes he was on the pitch, the midfielder recorded four goals and seven assists.

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