Portugal in shock after a scandalous match that killed every sense of sport and fair play

The match of the 12th round of the Portuguese league between Belenenses and Benfica (0: 7) was interrupted at the beginning of the second half because the home team was left without the minimum number of players needed to continue the match, and the local media are shocked that this match was played in completely unequal conditions. .

Belenenses started the match with only nine players in the field because all the others were positive for coronavirus, and a reserve goalkeeper played for them in the position of right back. In such a balance of power, Benfica had enough 45 minutes to score seven goals and show the futility of this match.

Clearly, the local media are extremely unhappy that this match was played at all, because since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been common to postpone a game when one team has such problems, and Belenenses president Rui Pedro Soares came to the field in tears between the two halves. He later explained what happened.