Benfica devastates the Portuguese League and accuses it of “negligence”



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THE This Saturday he criticized the Portugal League and considered “absolutely unacceptable and regrettable that, after all, the Portugal League, in a recurring demonstration of incompetence and negligence on the part of its main officials, has not validated with the Direction-General of Health and competent entities the rules that defined and transmitted as safe to the clubs in the Manual of official competitions ”.

This is the invitation to some partners to attend this Saturday’s meeting with the Moreirense in the presidential gallery.

Benfica statement

Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD was informed this morning by the Portuguese League of reception by that entity in an email dated yesterday at 11:39 pm, from director-General health, Drag. Graça Freitas, noting that there was no authorization for the invitation made by our club for the presence of a limited number of members, Casas do Benfica and sponsors in the presidential box, in the game that takes place this afternoon at Estádio da Luz.

Taking note of this decision, it is necessary to clarify:

1 – Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD took this initiative in accordance with the Procedures Manual of the Portuguese League regulations defined for this time 2020/2021, which expressly refers to the possibility of occupying up to 50% of the number of seats in the presidential grandstands.

2 – We consider it absolutely inadmissible and regrettable that, after all, the Portugal League, in a recurring demonstration of incompetence and negligence on the part of its main officials, has not validated with the Direction-General Health and competent entities the rules that they defined and transmitted as safe to the clubs in the Official Competitions Manual.

3 – The Portugal League, its president and its main leaders responsible for the organization and management of the competitions must assume full responsibility for the level of amateurism that they reveal, by defining in the League Manual express rules and guidelines that were not duly validated with the competent authorities or reporting timely clubs for this failure, thus once again damaging the image of Portuguese football.

4 – In addition, it would be important to clarify how the Portugal League intends to implement this recommendation, since it is public knowledge that, in the first round of the Championship, several clubs put this League authorization into practice, in models that varied from club to club. .

5 – We cannot help but express our incomprehension due to the fact that, knowing this initiative of ours for several days, only last night on DirectionGeneral de Salud has expressly informed the League of this impossibility and the need for a prior request for this purpose by the respective club, which is never provided before expressly authorized by the Competition Manual.

6 – Not wanting to enter into a discussion about the coherence of the criteria that determine the decisions of the Health authorities, we take the opportunity to highlight the example of civility, organization and rigor with which the clubs have adopted and managed all the safeguarding guidelines and protection public health, despite repeated examples of negligence on the part of direction of the Portuguese League.

7 – Finally, we inform that we immediately become aware of this decision of the DGS to the guests who would be considered by this initiative, reiterating the enormous desire to return, as soon as possible, to the pleasure of the gradual return of the public to the stadiums, thus allowing the evolution of the situation.

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