Sporting CP have obtained some early dangerous information forward of their Champions League conflict in opposition to Arsenal, with Nuno Santos set to overlook the primary leg.
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Portuguese outlet stories that Sporting left-back suffered an damage setback of their final video games in opposition to Alverca, and the muscle damage is ready to maintain him out of at the least the primary leg of their Champions League quarter-final conflict with Arsenal.
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The left thigh damage is anticipated to maintain Santos out for 3 weeks, in keeping with O Jogo’s data, making he’ll miss the league sport in opposition to Santa Clara and the house leg in opposition to Arsenal.
The intention is then to return for the league match in opposition to Estrela Amadora. If Santos can try this, he’d then be out there for the Champions League second-leg match on the Emirates Stadium on April fifteenth.
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Santos has had an injury-hit season to date, solely enjoying his first video games of the marketing campaign in February after a knee damage had saved him out for over a yr. But it surely appears the membership are eager to make use of him when match, as he’d returned to the beginning lineup earlier than struggling this new setback.
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In addition to Santos, Sporting might be with out staff captain (and boyhood Arsenal fan) for the primary leg, after he of their win over Bodo/Glimt.
Hjulmand is maybe the larger miss, as he’s performed virtually each minute of Sporting’s Champions League marketing campaign to date, solely coming off early in a single sport in opposition to Kairat Almaty and lacking one different via a earlier suspension.
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Additional updates on Sporting’s accidents must be out there nearer to the match, with the likes of (on mortgage from Chelsea and recovering from a metatarsal fracture) probably in line to return in opposition to Arsenal.