Rui Borges takes drastic action after Sporting defeat – Porto | OneFootball

After the defeat in the derby against Porto, Rui Borges decided to give his team four days off. Thus, the Sporting squad will return to training at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete next Wednesday, September 3rd, right in the middle of the international break.

Although several green and white players were called up by their respective national teams, the remaining players will continue to train at the Lions' training center. The highlight goes to Daniel Bragança, Nuno Santos, Maxi Araújo, and Ousmane Diomande, who are undergoing recovery work at the Performance Unit.

In the case of the Japanese and Ivorian internationals, they ended up not being called up for their respective national teams, despite being regulars for their countries. Interestingly, both are dealing with the same physical issue: a muscle injury in the thigh.

It is worth remembering that Rui Borges has 13 of his players called up for international duty, namely Rui Silva, Gonçalo Inácio, Pote, and Francisco Trincão (Portugal), Morten Hjulmand (Denmark), Luis Suárez (Colombia), Georgios Vagiannidis and Fotis Ioannidis (Greece), Geny Catamo (Mozambique), Giorgi Kochorashvili (Georgia), Zeno Debast (Belgium), Geovany Quenda (Portugal U21), and João Simões (Portugal U19).

Sporting will only return to the pitch on the weekend of September 13/14, against Famalicão. The match, counting for the fifth round of the National Championship, will be played in Minho against the team led by Hugo Oliveira, with the date and time yet to be determined.

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