Bizarre: Belenenses has to play against Benfica with two goalkeepers and seven field players | Football

sport">According to various Portuguese media, no fewer than seventeen employees of Belenenses, thirteen players and four staff members, have tested positive for the virus. While Benfica was already fully engaged in the warm-up, the home team was nowhere to be seen.

sport">Against all expectations, the game will continue as usual, at 9.30 pm Dutch time. “We are going to row with the oars we have and we are looking for the best possible solution,” trainer Filipe Cândido is quoted as saying by Record. “All the energy that representing this club gives must be released by the players.”

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