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Trincão during Sporting-Borde
The two largest figures of the attack were not even summoned. “It’s just management,” said coach Rui Borges.
O Sporting lost by Borussia Dortmund In the first hand of the play-off of Champions League. This Wednesday (17h45) will play the second “hand” in Germany and gives the idea that the Portuguese champion has given up of the European test.
They were Summoned eight young people from the team B: Diego Callai, José Silva, Eduardo Felicíssimo, Alexandre Brito, Manuel Mendonça, Afonso Moreira, Lucas Anjos and Rafael Nel. Several are still juniors, all usually play in the third Portuguese division (League 3) and can now play in the largest European division.
But the coach Rui Borges ensures: “There is no risk, I am not even throwing the towel to the floor. Within our idea and strategy, they have the opportunity to enjoy a game of the best European club test. ”
However, even ensuring that it did not give up the elimination, the Absence of Viktor Gyökeres and Francisco Trincão. The two largest figures of Sporting’s attack were not even summoned.
It is a management issue: “We have had injuries that have made some decisions difficult for us to accumulate games. Their absence It is only and only by management. There is an important game on Sunday for the I Liga [visita ao AVS, da 23.ª jornada] And we want to go back to victories, but Morten Hjulmand and Ousmane Diomande will not be able to play [ambos por suspensão]. Therefore, we have to have some management. It is impossible not to terms. ”
“Gyökeres has been gaining pace of play. Trincão is clearly in a phase of much fatigue and we have to be careful, because the solutions are no longer many and some management is needed. Regardless of the result in Lisbon, we would have to do so for this meeting. Let’s get in with 11 players who will try to give your bestThey want to give a good answer and dignify the club as much as possible, ”said Rui Borges at a press conference.
Trincão did not go up to the pitch of the Alcochete Academy in Tuesday morning training, unlike Gyökeres, Sporting’s best scorer this season, whose fatigue has been managed lately.
This duo did not travel to Germany and joined the injured Jeremiah St. Juste, Daniel Bragança, Hidemasa Morita, Geny Catamo, Pedro Gonçalves and Nuno Santos in the unavailable of the lions.
Even with so many changes, the Sporting coach said: “Let’s get a great spirit and a huge desire to win. We cannot be obsessed with looking at the result, but to the game. It is a difficult result [de inverter]but the greatness of the club indicates that we will never give up on whatever it is. ”
E refused to be eliminated from the Champions League is synonymous with a relief before the competitive density.
