“What happened in the Azores is absolutely incredible”

mem statements to TVI24, this Monday, Pedro Proença He addressed the fact that two games played in the Azores have had different treatments.

The Fontainhas-Estrela da Amadora of the Portuguese Championship had 200 fans in the stands, with a mask and social distance, but instead the Santa Clara-Marítimo of the I League was played behind closed doors.

“What happened this weekend 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 can only have been an oversight. Someone of common sense cannot accept this, “said Pedro Pronça, president of the League of Clubs, who explained draft presented to the government for the return of the public to the football stadium.

“When we talk about the Avante, Fátima, bullfighting match, we talk about something discriminatory in relation to football. This is because, after verifying that the last ten league games of last year were exemplary, we asked the Government for an integration plan staggered, which were tests that would be done in friendly matches, which included, in a first phase, a thousand fans in a stadium in Luz. We have been very thoughtful about this recovery process. We realized that the epidemiological evolution will be the factor Having fans in football stadiums is decisive for us. This is what we have been working with the Government and DGS and also asking for a criterion of coherence and equality in the treatment of Activities“he added.