Rodrigo Zalazar missed the last Sporting training before the meeting of the second round of the Champions League league, before Lens, such as Zeno Debast, who may also not travel to France.
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12/10/2026
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O Sporting gave, at the end of the morning of Monday, the preparation work closed with a view to meeting the second day of the league phase of the Champions League, before Lens, with a session whose first 15 minutes took place from the media, as the UEFA regulations command.
This session did not have the presence of Rodrigo Zalazar, which, remember, came out with muscular complaints of triumph won last Friday on Sporting Braga, in the Quarreira, by 1-3. However, the bad news for the coach of the green and white emblem, Rui Borges, did not stick around.
That's because too Zeno Debast (who had already remained out of options in Minho, but due to punishment) did not go up to the lawn of the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy in Alcochete, without the structure headed by Frederico Varandas having clarified, so far, whether he will also be injured.
The Uruguayan and Belgian internationals are in this way, at the outset, ‘out of the deck’ for the journey to France, as it is Nuno Santos, which continues to look for the best physical indices, following a cycle of problems of a muscular nature, which keeps it up from the lawns.
In reverse, the presence of Moncef Zekri, only 18-year-old player who arrived at the José Alvalade Stadium in the past summer transfer market from KV Mechelen, for a sum of €4 million, but who has not yet had the opportunity to debut.
To compose the work group, the technician mirandelense also chose to ‘promote’ Eduardo Felicíssimo, a medium-defensive young man who caught eye during the preseason, as a central defense (in pair with Eduardo Lent), but who ended up ‘down’ to team B at the start of 2026/27.
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