It has been a somewhat cautious return for Nuno Santos to the competition. First he played 26 minutes for Sporting B against Oliveirense, on Thursday he was entitled to more than fifty — only regulation time had more than ten minutes of compensation — for the main team in the Portuguese Cup match against Aves SAD, this after a very serious injury to the patellar tendon of his left knee suffered on October 26, 2024, in a match in Famalicão. After that, it was 15 months of ordeal away from the pitch.
This Friday, in a post on the social network Instagram, the number 11 gave expression to what is in his soul: «Very happy to be back doing what I love most, playing football. We all dream of these moments, and after all these years of my career, I felt like it was my first game, like it was my professional debut. They will still have to carry it with me for many years, full of hunger to score, assist, help the team, Sporting to win titles. These phases of my life only make me stronger, more of a man, and above all I am happy that my children, my wife, my family, my friends have seen me overcome this injury like a warrior, full of resilience and overcoming. Thank you everyone for your support over this almost year and a half, you were all very important for me to come back stronger than ever 💚.”
