http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Rubio and Emiliano Insua confident of a Sporting win
Romanian International to feature against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Braga-c40460
Vitor Pereira is expected to regain the services of Cristian Săpunaru for the game against SC Braga. The Portistas had lost their first choice right back due to injury and had to field http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maicon-c23157 in recent games.
Firstly in the 3-0 loss at the hands of Academica, the Brazilian deputized for Săpunaru and also took to the pitch in the UEFA Champions League, when it was reported that the Romanian was still not ready to play.
Against Shakhtar Donetsk, Maicon put in a decent performance and staked his claim for starting role against the Archbishops; however http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitor-c36281 Pereira is expected to field Săpunaru if he is fully-fit for the clash.
Rubio and Insua confident of beating Benfica
Eternal rivals, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica go head-to-head this weekend. The game which is crucial given that only a point separates the two sides takes place at Estadio da Luz and thus the Eagles are considered favourites to emerge as the winners.
Boasting the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Aimar-c28938 and Nicolas Gaitan in their ranks, they are a forced to be reckoned with especially at home, but that hasn’t deterred Sporting players from expressing their confidence ahead of the tie.
Speaking on the social networking site Twitter, Emiliano Insua, said that a magnificent stage had been set for the thrilling encounter and also added that all of the players will be rooting for a Lions victory at the Stadium of Light.
"Stage! All have a beautiful night! And do not forget tomorrow we will all support Sporting. A big hug,” the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 man said.
His fellow teammate, Diego Rubio, has also echoed the same sentiments and said that he had a lot of faith in his side that they would be able to overcome their cross city rivals.
"A lot of faith!" the Chilean International was quoted as saying.
Although the Sporting players are confident of putting on a good show against Benfica, defeating the Reds will be a difficult task, as they are in superb form and are considered to favourites for the Lisbon derby.
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