Sporting Lisbon facing injury crisis ahead of the UEFA Europa League tie against FC Zurich – Report
Sporting Lisbon facing an injury crisis ahead of the UEFA Europa League game against FC Zurich. The Lions host the Swiss side at Estadio Jose Alvalade on the 1st of December but are without the majority of their influential players for this one.
Domingos Paciência’s side have been one of the most in-form teams in the Primeira Liga this term. The Lisbon outfit currently lie 3rd in the standings and are in contention for the title this season.
However their campaign has threatened to derail, as an increasing number of players are getting injured and as a result the overall squad has been suffering.
In the last fixture against Benfica, Sporting went head-to-head with one of their biggest rivals but had to be without the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marat-Izmailov-c23466 and Jeffren Suarez. While Emiliano Insua struggled to be fit in time of the crucial tie.
Although Izmailov has since then resumed his training duties alongside Jeffren, the duo are still far from being ready to take part in match action and are only likely to make their return at the end of December.
That has posed a big problem for Paciência, as there are important matches coming up in the future and Sporting will have to obtain maximum points, so that they can continue their objective of securing silverware on all fronts.
For the game against FC Zurich, the tactician is going to have to field a considerably weak line-up, with youngsters also in contention for a place in the either the starting line-up or on the bench.
Meanwhile the list of injured player has grown even further. Matias Fernandez and Rinaudo have also joined the sidelines, and the latter is expected to miss the most of this campaign and is only likely to resume his duties after the summer.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Elias-c12267, although not injured, cannot play as he is cup-tied and has further diminished the squad available to the trainer.
With a weaker team likely to be fielded against FC Zurich, there is a chance that the Sportinguistas might not obtain maximum points at home. Even though the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oguchi-Onyewu-c28332 are expected to play.
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