What was on its way to becoming a huge stepping stone, either to the Premier League or La Liga, now seems to be on hold after Danish Sporting captain Morten Hjulmand was injured. “His play, especially in the Champions League, has piqued the interest of a number of giants, including Manchester United, Chelsea, Newcastle and Barcelona.
Rui Borges: “We probably won’t get Hjulmand before the season is over”
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The Sporting coach also butchers Gabri Veiga’s entry – “it wasn’t very pretty”.
On Saturday, the confirmation came from Rui Borges: Captain Morten Hjulmand has probably played his last game of the season. The injury came after a hard tackle from FC Porto’s Gabri Veiga in the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final at Dragão.
“We understood the seriousness of the situation right away. It was just before half-time. I as a coach was stubborn enough to think that we had to have the captain on the pitch, but he immediately said that he couldn’t. The foot was already in a very bad condition,” Borges began at the press conference before the away game against Aves SAD.
Hjulmand had to leave the field after 51 minutes against Porto.
“We probably won’t get Morten until the season is over. He’ll take that chance,” Rui Borges added.
He was also asked about Sportsingen’s complaint about Gabri Veiga.
“As for the entry itself, I’ll leave it to those who watch and those who judge. It wasn’t very good. Not very pretty. This may have been Morten’s last game of the season. We’ve won without Morten before, and we’ve won without others. Eleven men enter the pitch on purpose, and mathematically speaking, the title is still possible. As long as there’s life, we’ll fight. That’s how my path has been, and that’s how my confidence is,” he concluded.
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Sporting travel tomorrow Sunday to the Estádio Clube Desportivo das Aves in the face of the ACP.
