In a hectic week, Sporting players handed several days off | OneFootball

Sporting held another training session at the Academy which, once again, was marked by the absence of 14 internationals who remain on duty with their respective national teams. In a turbulent week, Rui Borges has now decided to grant the entire squad a triple break.

Bruno Ramos, José Silva, Rodrigo Dias, Rafael Besugo, Samuel Justo, Lucas Anjos, and Rafael Nel were the young players who took part in the first team's training session at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete, to make up for the absence of the main squad members.

Rui Silva, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, and Gonçalo Inácio (Portugal), Fotis Ioannidis and Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece), Zeno Debast (Belgium), Giorgi Kochorashvili (Georgia), Morten Hjulmand (Denmark), Luis Suárez (Colombia), Geny Catamo (Mozambique), Geovany Quenda (U21), Rodrigo Ribeiro (U20), and João Simões (U19) are the players currently away.

The training session, marked by high intensity, thus precedes an extended rest period, with the return to work scheduled for next Tuesday, September 9th, in preparation for the next match in the National Championship, after the defeat in the Clássico against Porto (2-1).

Sporting will therefore only return to the field on Saturday, September 13th, against Famalicão. The match, which counts for the fifth round of the National Championship and will be played against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, will take place in Minho at 8:30 p.m.

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