Morita gives Sporting a welcome headache before Champions League | OneFootball

Hidemasa Morita returned to training with the rest of the Sporting squad in the last session before the clash against Kairat.

Hidemasa Morita returned to Sporting’s training in the last session led by Rui Borges before the Lions’ Champions League debut against Kairat. The Japanese international has recovered from injury and will be available for selection for the match.

While this was good news for the coach of the green and whites, it ended up being the only one. Although the Japanese player returned, Pedro Gonçalves may have dropped out of contention – the player trained separately, under restriction, and is doubtful for the big-money competition match.

Besides the ‘number 8’, Rui Silva, Ousmane Diomande, Geny Catamo, Nuno Santos, and Daniel Bragança are also absent. These were the main highlights from the first 15 minutes of Sporting’s training, which were open to the media.

Sporting will be back on the pitch 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 Estádio José Alvalade and is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 p.m.

In the league phase of the big-money competition, remember, Sporting will face not only Kairat (who are without a goalkeeper) but also Napoli (on October 1, at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium), Marseille (on October 22, at Alvalade), Juventus (on November 4, at the Juventus Stadium), Club Brugge (on November 26, at Alvalade), Bayern Munich (on December 9, at the Allianz Arena), PSG (on January 20, at Alvalade), and finally, Athletic Bilbao (on January 28, at San Mamés).

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