Rio City Hall has authorized stadiums to accommodate one third of their capacity for matches in the Rio State Championship from July 10. The decree was released on Friday.
This decree also specifies that from August 1, stadiums will be allowed to fill two-thirds of their capacity, and that from August 16, there will be no more restrictions.
From July 10, spectators must be distributed in the stands respecting a distance of 4 square meters per person, without further details, and ticket sales must be made online, says the decree published in the official journal. from the city. The Rio State football championship was the first to resume in a South America hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The carioca championship, which opposes professional teams from the State of Rio de Janeiro, resumed with closed-door matches Thursday June 18 and Friday June 19, although Brazil is the second country most affected in the world by COVID- 19 which killed some 57,000 people in 1.3 million cases of infection in total.
The resumption of the championship has nonetheless aroused opposition from several clubs, including Fluminense and Botafogo, who have taken legal action to request its suspension.
Justice finally forced them to return to the fields from this Sunday, June 28, when they claimed not to play at least before July.
This Sunday, Botafogo will host Cabofriense, and Fluminense the Volta Redonda team. The Flu, one of the big clubs in Rio de Janeiro, was however authorized Friday not to play this meeting at the legendary Maracana stadium, which hosts a field hospital for COVID-19 patients.
It was at Maracana that the first match of the resumption of the championship between Flamengo and Bangu took place behind closed doors.
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