Antunes and Tabata race for a place in the Cup – Sporting

The Portuguese Cup is at the door and the reinforcements Antunes and Tabata are working to show themselves to the Sporting coach, Rúben Amorim, in the match of the third day of the competition with Sacavenense, scheduled for next November 23 (9:15 p.m).

Both the Portuguese international and the Brazilian under-23 have recently recovered from muscle injuries, which kept them out of the options for a few, but with 10 more days to regain rhythm and physical indexes, both will have the chance to win a few minutes more. lion to chest. So far, Antunes, a left back, has entered the course of 3 Sporting games. He made his debut against P. Ferreira (2-0) and also launched against LASK Linz (1-4, elimination from the Europa League) and Portimonense (2-0). Winger Tabata had just arrived at Sporting – he was one of the last reinforcements of the closed season – when Amorim put him on the field for 19 minutes in Portimão against the previous team.

Thus, Antunes and Tabata share the challenge in the Algarve. He was the last of the two at the service of Sporting and in the match to be played Jamor will be able to wear the green and white shirt again. Eduardo Quaresma himself is expected to make the first minutes of this season, having been infected with Covid-19 and returned from the under-20 team injured in the lowlands.

Lions coach Rúben Amorim will also plan to boost the rotation in the green and white goal. Spaniard Antonio Adán won the title earlier in the season, but Luís Maximiano can win a few minutes, making up for lost time in the fight for the place he won last season for Renan Ribeiro.