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Cova da Piedade was the protagonist of a controversial start to the second round of League 2. With 15 players infected with Covid-19, the South Bank shield did not appear at the António Coimbra da Mota Stadium this Friday (6.30 pm) to face Estoril .
Faced with this situation, the League once again reinforced that it did not receive any request for postponement from Cova da Piedade and it was heard with the regulations.
“What reached the League was a request for justified absence, which has no regulatory framework and we cannot comment on that. There is a regulation that has been approved by all Sports Societies and the League is obliged to have the same criteria in all situations. We apply the regulations and the rules are clear. We have to have the same weight and the same measure and the clubs know what has been determined “, Helena Pires explained to Sporttv, leaving one more explanation:” The League, in an assembly at the end of September, decided the possibility of the clubs . expand the staff to face Covid-19, “he shot.
Asked about the match between Sporting and Gil Vicente, of the first round, which was postponed, Helena Pires explained that they are not similar situations.
“We had three other situations in which the authorities gave express information that the games could not be played. Indeed, the teams wanted to have played, but there was a determination on the part of the health authorities and the League cannot go against it ”, he concluded.
