Pedro Proença: «What happened in the Azores is incredible» – Liga NOS

Pedro Proença expects “in a short time and if the Covid-19 curve does not betray us,” to have an audience in the stadiums of professional football matches, waiting for the Government’s response to the project presented by the League in that regard .

“On the part of Liga Portugal, we have done everything possible to have supporters in the stands. Our conversations with the DGS and the Government go in this direction. We have been very reflective in this recovery process. We realize that the evolution epidemiological will be the decisive factor so that we can have fans in football stadiums. That is what we have been working with the Government and the DGS and also asking that there be a criterion of coherence and equality in the treatment of activities. We present some works in what were the processes of resumption of professional competitions and the truth is that the conclusions we wanted did not come out of the meeting on the 14th. We await the Government’s response to the project presented by the League, a gradual integration project fans in the stadium. Reassured, but we hope that in a short time, if the Covid-19 curve does not betray us, we will have an audience in ional professional football stadiums ”, the president of the Portuguese League told TVI24.

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Proença also rejected the comparisons between football and the Festa do Avante or the recent celebration in Fátima, recalling what happened last season: “The last ten league games last year have been exemplary. We ask the Government for a phased integration plan, which they were tests that would be done in friendly matches, which in the first phase included a thousand fans in a stadium in Luz.Any comparison with the Festa do Avante or what we saw in Fátima, or bullfighting shows is absolutely discriminatory in relation to football.

Proença also criticized the incongruity found this weekend in the Azores, in which Fontinhas-Estrela da Amadora, of the Portuguese Championship, had an audience, while Santa Clara-Marítimo went behind closed doors: “What happened this final? Weekends in the Azores is absolutely incredible, we had a non-professional competition championship where public access was given and, on the same island, Santa Clara cannot have an audience in professional competitions, this could only have been a slip. he cannot accept this. ”