Ruben Amorim called up four youngsters to cover the absences. Olivais and Moscafedi are in the crosshairs
Sporting continues to prepare for the visit to José Gomez, in Amadora, where on Saturday they will face Olivaes and Moscafedi in a match of the third round of the Portuguese Cup: In the morning session on Thursday, Ruben Amorim saw the group reinforced with five international players. , after the previous day they already had the Portuguese under-21 duo Eduardo Quaresma and Dario Esugu.
Thus, the news was the return of goalkeeper Franco Israel, who had recently arrived from Uruguay, midfielder Gonzalo Inacio, Danish midfielder Hjolamand, and winger Gino Catamo, who played for Mozambique, as well as Rodrigo Ribeiro, striker of the Portugal U-19 and national team. Who trained yesterday with Team B.
Who is missing? Diomande, Murrieta, and Geukeris. In this order, and according to the information collected, the centre-back will be the last to arrive – tomorrow -, while the Swedish striker is supposed to arrive in Lisbon today. The midfielder, who came from Japan, went to Alcochete, but stayed in the gym, where he performed recovery and specific work.
To make up for the absences, Amorim called up goalkeeper Diogo Pinto and centre-back Chico Lamba, in addition to midfielders Alexandre Brito and Marco Cruz.
Friday is another morning preparation day (10:00 AM) in Alcochete, before the press conference to preview the Queen’s Race Duel: this takes place at 2:00 PM, in the Artur Agostino Hall, in José Alvalade.
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