Sporting Lisbon are set to be without influential midfielder Rinaudo for the UEFA Europa League tie against Manchester City.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 and was labeled as one of the best signings of the summer.
However as luck would have it, Rinaudo suffered a horrific fracture during the UEFA Europa League game with Vaslui and had to spend the better part of the last few months on the sidelines.
He slowly began his recovery to full fitness and it was truly a touching sight when he took to the field against Pacos de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ferreira-c13712. But as his recent injury pattern has shown, he again took a hit, this time to his ankle, which will rule him out for the club’s
next few matches.
Manchester City’s visit to Estadio Jose Alvalade comes too soon for the player and he is likely to be watching this one from the sidelines, something which has raised an unnecessary headache for coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pinto-c30032.
The tactician has limited options in the centre of the park, but will be able to use http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Carriço-c9926 in a defensive midfield role instead of his usual position as a centre-back. The skipper has displayed the necessary attributes to play ahead of the backline
and could potentially provide a decent solution to a tedious problem.
With Carriço possibly moving forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joao-Pereira-c18664 and Emiliano Insua
will look to attack from the flanks.
In midfield, Daniel Carriço will partner the hugely impressive duo of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Capel-c11100 for creativity.
Last but not least, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricky-van-Wolfswinkel-c31131 will lead his side against the Citizens and look to maintain his superb form, which has catapulted him to European fame this season.
All in all, it looks set to be a strong Sportinguistas’ line-up but they will need to conjure up every bit of quality imaginable if they are to gain a positive result against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s expensively assembled team.
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