Mangas could be ‘forced’ to switch position at Sporting | OneFootball

Ricardo Mangas may end up changing his position at Sporting. Due to the absence of Pedro Gonçalves in the eve of the Lions' training against Kairat, for the Champions League, Rui Borges found himself 'forced' to adapt the player who arrived at Alvalade this summer.

According to information revealed by Record newspaper, the 'number 8' of the Lions was only managed as a precaution, hence he stayed in the gym while the rest of the team was on the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy pitch and, as the coach admitted in the preview to the match, he is part of the squad.

However, also in case of necessity, Rui Borges ended up testing Ricardo Mangas as a left winger, he who has been used as a full-back since he arrived at Sporting, in the last transfer window. Without Pote in training, the Lions' coach had to adapt the player.

With the first 15 minutes of open training, Pote's absence was noticeable, who is undergoing conditioned work in the gym just one day before the Lions' debut in the millionaire competition. Besides the 'number 8', also Rui Silva, Ousmane Diomande, Geny Catamo, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança are absent.

Sporting will be back on the field on Thursday, September 18, against Kairat Almaty. The match against the team led by Rafael Urazbakhtin, valid for the first round of the Champions League, will be played at José Alvalade Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 20:00.

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