<br><div> <p style="text-align: justify;">After a long absence from the pitch, Nuno Santos returns to appear on a game sheet. The winger is among Sporting B's options to host Oliveirense.</p> </div><div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The 30-year-old player is on the bench of the secondary team for the duel on the 20th round of League 2, and is back... 463 days later.</p> </div><div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Nuno Santos, remember, was injured on October 26, 2024, during the visit to Famalicão (Leonine victory 3-0): he suffered a complete rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee and had to undergo surgery, facing a long recovery period.</p> </div><div> <p style="text-align: justify;">In January of this year, he finally did integrated training, as Rui Borges had anticipated in the middle of last month: «Nuno Santos I believe that next week he will be able to start training with us. I'll be very happy if it happens, I'm almost sure it will happen.”</p> </div>