Rui Borges faces three injuries ahead of Porto v Sporting clash | OneFootball

Sporting returned to work this Friday, February 6th, already focused on the clash with Porto at Estádio do Dragão, the big match of the 21st round of the league. Zeno Debast, Geovany Quenda, and Fotis Ioannidis are under the care of the medical department.

The Greek forward and the Belgian center-back are being treated by the Performance Unit, recovering respectively from a ligament injury in the left knee and another injury in the left knee. Meanwhile, the 18-year-old winger is recovering in London from a fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot.

After the victory over AFS SAD (3-2), in a Portuguese Cup quarter-final match that was only decided in extra time, the most frequently used players mainly did recovery work, while the remaining athletes trained as usual under Rui Borges’ guidance.

The Lions return to work this Saturday, February 7th, with another training session at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete, scheduled for the morning. Sporting enters this round four points behind leaders Porto, but with the chance to reduce the gap to just one in the race for first place.

This Thursday, February 5th, Frederico Varandas was once again acquitted, this time by the Lisbon Court of Appeal, for calling Pinto da Costa an “active corrupter”, the former president of Porto, on March 5, 2022, the day of the last Sporting elections (Learn more HERE).

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