They sound the alarms at Sporting. Zalazar can only return in Rio Maior

Afinally, the injury contracted by Rodrigo Zalazar, on 9 October, at the meeting ‘poster head’ of the eighth day of the I Liga (which culminated with a victory over the Sporting Braga, in the Quarreira, by 1-3) is more complex than initially expected, according to information advanced, this Monday, by the newspaper The Ball.

The Uruguayan international continues without training under the orders of Rui Borges, at the Academia Cristiano Ronaldo, in Alcochete, it is, for now, the right low for the departure of the third day of the league phase of Champions League, before the LASK Linkz, which has initial whistle scheduled for 8 p.m. (Hour of Continental Portugal) on Wednesday, at the Stadium José Alvalade.

However, the bad news does not stop here, since at the moment, everything points out that it will also stay off the list of summons to the receptions to the Academic of Viseu (at 8:30 on Sunday, for the ninth round of the national championship) and Maritime (at 8:15 on the following Tuesday, for the final rooms of the League Cup).

This means that the summer reinforcement (recruited to Sporting Braga for a budget of around 30 million euros) should only receive ‘green light’ to return to the lawns on 30 October, a day for which the trip to the Rio Maior Municipal Stadium is scheduled, where the Portuguese vice-champions in title will take the front of Casa Pia.

‘Brilliard’ in the quarry cost dear

Rodrigo Zalazar, remember, lived a break for international commitments ‘Frenetic’, in such a way that he participated (and scored) in the victory applied by the ‘your’ Uruguay to India, by 1-6, in the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krinagan Stadium, in Calcutta, just over 72 hours before the long-awaited Sporting of Braga-Sporting.

Given this scenario, Rui Borges had no choice but to manage the physical status of the 27-year-old player, leaving him on the bench of alternates and releasing him only at 58 minutes, to the place of Silas Andersen, at a time when the lions were disadvantaged, in the duel played in the quarry, by 1-3.

Well, the creative guy didn't do it for less. At 71 minutes, following an individual initiative, he ‘strengthened’ a self-goal of Bernardo Fontes, and at 81, he himself marked the goal that sealed, once and for all, the final result. Instantly, he presented muscle complaints on his left thigh, so he had to receive medical attention and give the place to João Simões.

Zalazar is not the only ‘headache’

In addition to the name of Rodrigo Zalazar, also those of Zeno Debast and Nuno Santos continue to be included in Sporting's clinical report, so they are practically right for the reception to LASK Linz, with muscle problems that already removed them, last Tuesday, from the victory over Lens, at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, by 0-2, also counting on the league phase of Champions League.