The squad were back after a day off

Sporting Clube de Portugal returned to training this Tuesday at the Academia Sporting in Alcochete, after a day off on Monday.

Several of the squad are away on international duty: Gonzalo Plata (Ecuador), Manuel Ugarte (Uruguay), Tiago Tomás (Portugal Under-21s), and Nuno Mendes, João Palhinha and Pedro Gonçalves (Portugal AA).

In their absence, coach Rúben Amorim called up several players from the youth teams to train with the senior stars: Lucas Dias, Bernardo Sousa, Gonçalo Costa, Rodrigo Fernandes, Vando Félix, Nikolai Skoglund, Emanuel Fernandes and Gilberto Batista all participated in the session.

Gonçalo Inácio and Sebastián Coates, who had originally been selected to represent their respective countries, were withdrawn due to injury. On Tuesday they underwent treatment at the club's facilities.

The next training session is scheduled for Wednesday at 10:00am.