Rui Borges set to shake up Sporting’s midfield | OneFootball

Rui Borges is considering starting Hidemasa Morita in the Santa Clara vs. Sporting match, part of the 11th round of Liga Portugal Betclic. The Lions will play the Azoreans this Saturday, November 8th, and the Japanese midfielder, who was not in the starting lineup against Juventus, may return to the green and white coach’s selections.

It’s worth recalling that Hidemasa Morita recently received bad news from his national team, when he was left out of his national coach’s call-up, something unusual for the Sporting midfielder, who has been an essential player for the Japanese squad.

Rui Borges was likely left smiling. The long trips Hidemasa Morita has had to make to represent his national team have been a problem for the player, who this time will be able to stay and train at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy with the Sporting coach, being one of the few first-team players remaining in Alcochete during the FIFA international break.

The results of this stay in Portugal will only be seen after the break, but Morita may receive a ‘gift’ from Rui Borges even before the international fixtures: the Sporting coach is seriously considering starting the midfielder in the next match, against Santa Clara, according to the newspaper Record.

João Simões was the most used player during Sporting’s demanding run, which is now coming to an end. In this sense, Rui Borges may start Morita against Santa Clara—the first team he played for in Portugal—since the player will be fresher and won’t be subjected to overload during his national team’s training sessions.

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