Belenenses, the Portuguese club takes the field in 9 due to Covid: the referee suspends the game in the second half

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“A shame”. This is how what happened with the Portuguese club was defined Belenenses, forced to play the match against Benfica with only nine players due to the Covid outbreak broke out in his team. Although in addition to the many positive players, the coach and several members of the technical staff were missing, the match valid for the Portuguese championship was not canceled by the authorities and was played as scheduled.

No wonder that already at the end of the first half he lost 7-0. The referee then suspended the game shortly after the start of the second half: of the 9 players, only 7 had played for Belenenses, who soon remained in 6 when another player was forced to stop due to injury.

“It was a shame to play here tonight,” said Rui Pedro Soares, president of Belenenses, at a press conference, after paying homage to the dignity of his “who were forced to play”. “It is a black page for Portuguese football“Said Rui Costa, president of Benfica, adding that his club,” just like the Belenenses, was forced to play “by the League.

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