Sporting Lisbon’s Evaldo to be fielded as a central defender against SC Braga – Report
Sporting Lisbon’s Evaldo is likely to be utilized by coach, Domingos Paciência, in a centre-back role against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Braga-c40460. The Lisbon outfit take on the Archbishops in the Portuguese Cup, however due to the amount of injuries at the club, the Brazilian is likely
to slot in the heart of the backline.
Domingos Paciência’s side are arguably the biggest team in terms of depth in the squad. The Lions spend big during the summer and are now enjoying a great return on their investment attacking wise.
The likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stijn-Schaars-c34229 and Jeffren Suarez have lifted the atmosphere at Estadio Jose Alvalade and there is feeling at the helm, that they just might be able to lift the Liga Sagres title this year.
However those grandiose ambitions have dented in the past few days, as the injury list of defender has continued to grow for the Sportinguistas.
Regular starters http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Rodríguez-c4344 have all have been ruled out due to physical problems and it has placed the tactician in a very difficult and dire situation.
Although http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oguchi-Onyewu-c28332 and Emiliano Insua were acquired during the summer, the duo were only beginning to demonstrated their abilities when they suffered untimely injuries and are now on the sidelines as a result.
With seemingly no first teamer centre-backs to do their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Evaldo-c12981 to slot in an as emergency defender.
While the former Maritimo man may have played as a left-back in usual role, he has no experience of plying his trade in the centre other than his last outing which was in the same position a month ago.
Evaldo gave a decent performance against Famalicão but countering an attack containing luminaries such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lima-c22267 is an all together different task and will not be easy by any standards.
Incisiveness and a keen reading of the game will be required to keep opponents at bay from the centre and only time will tell whether Domingos Paciência’s decision to play Evaldo as a centre-back pays off or back fires emphatically.
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