BALL – Pepe will miss Moreirense (FC Porto)



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Despite the tough victory in Guimarães, the match played at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques left physical remains in the FC Porto squad, starting with captain Pepe. The central defender also complained in the first half of a malaise, which forced him to leave early, with Sérgio Conceição betting on Sarr for his place.

After being subjected to a radiological control examination yesterday in a clinic in the city of Porto, the dragons medical department, led by Nélson Puga, revealed in the clinical bulletin the extent of the central defender’s injury: a contracture in the soleus muscle . of the right leg.

This problem will prevent the experienced footballer from giving his contribution to the team at the Moreirense reception, in which it will be the first official match of 2021, a match for which the Congolese Mbemba, who could not travel to Guimarães and yesterday, remains in doubt. He maintained the gym regimen at the Olival Training Center. If he does not recover in time to be an option for the canons, Mbemba, who was injured in the final of the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, in Aveiro, against Benfica, the central duo that will play against Moreirense will be the same that finished the match with V. Guimarães, with left-handers Sarr and Diogo Leite.

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