Sporting face a big headache with Fotis Ioannidis and Luis Suárez | OneFootball

Fotis Ioannidis and Luis Suárez are Rui Borges' biggest 'problem' currently at Sporting. Although it is a positive issue, since both forwards have been in good form, the coach of the green and whites is increasingly divided when deciding his starter for the lions' attack.

While it was the Colombian who made headlines against Tondela, the League Cup match against Alverca also allowed the Greek to shout 'present' - earning him praise from Sofia Oliveira - further complicating the calculations for the Sporting coach, who now faces a new challenge in choosing for the return to Liga Portugal Betclic.

In fact, Rui Borges himself admitted, after the match against the Ribatejo team, that he has a "big headache" when choosing between the two strikers: “They are two great forwards. Happy to have both. I know that when one is missing, the other will step up.”

Nevertheless, the Sporting coach has another option that, at least in the starting eleven, he has not yet tried: fielding both Ioannidis and Suárez. Rui Borges has tested both players simultaneously, but only during matches - as happened recently against Marseille in the Champions League. Besides, this model has been analyzed during the lions' training sessions.

Sporting will return to the field on Friday, October 31, once again against Alverca. The match, part of the tenth round of the Liga Portugal Betclic, against the team led by Custódio, will be played at Estádio José Alvalade at 8:15 PM.

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