Rui Borges unsure who to start for Estoril v Sporting | OneFootball

Rui Silva is fit to play in the Estoril - Sporting match, however, Rui Borges has a decision to make for this game. João Virgínia has been impressing in the matches where he was called to replace the main goalkeeper of the green and whites and promises to make the coach's task difficult.

The truth is, since Rui Silva was sidelined, due to a trauma in his left hand, Virgínia was the starter for the Alvalade Club against Famalicão, Kairat, and, lastly, Moreirense. In these three games, the 25-year-old goalkeeper conceded two goals (2-1 against Hugo Oliveira's team and 4-1 in the Champions League), keeping a clean sheet in one of them (3-0).

According to the newspaper Record, Rui Borges is quite satisfied with the performances of the 'number 12' and feels "security, tranquility, and quality" between the posts of Sporting's goal, as well as "precision" in distributing the ball. Therefore, the lions' coach will have to choose whether Rui Silva returns to the starting lineup, or if he gives the goalkeeper another game of rest, only using him again in the visit to Naples on October 1st.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Rui Silva – valued at 7 million euros - has played five matches. The Portuguese international was the starter in all the games played by the green and whites, playing 450 minutes, during which he conceded four goals.

Sporting will return to the field next Saturday, September 27th, against Estoril, in a match related to the seventh round of the Liga Portugal Betclic. The match against the team led by Ian Cathro will be played at 8:30 PM, at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, the opponent's ground.

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