Several young players are brought up to work with the first team

The Sporting Clube de Portugal squad returned to training at the Academia Sporting on Tuesday, with several players away on international duty.

Absent were Sebastián Coates (Uruguay), Gonçalo Inácio and Matheus Nunes (Portugal), Islam Slimani (Algeria), Pablo Sarabia (Spain), Dário Essugo (Portugal Under-19s) and Gonçalo Esteves (Portugal Under-18s), representing their respective countries. In light of this, coach Rúben Amorim invited several youngsters from the youth setup to the session.

Pedro Porro was present but did not participate in the session, instead undergoing treatment.

Os Leões train again on Wednesday morning, behind closed doors.