The meeting between the Belenenses and Benfica of the twelfth day of the Portuguese League will go down in history for having played, since the locals suffered the loss of 13 players due to covid, they went to the field with 9 troops and after the break it had to be suspended since they only had 6 players.
In the first 45 minutes, where Belenenses held out on the pitch with 9 outfield players, Benfica scored 7 goals, three from the Uruguayan Darwin Nunez, two from the Swiss Seferovic, one from german Weigl and another at own door Eduardo You.
After the break, only 7 Belenenses players resumed the match and in the first minutes they were left with six since one was injured, so the referee whistled the end of the contest
In the last 48 hours, Belenenses reported that 17 members of the squad, including 13 players and the coach, could not play because they had tested positive for covid.
However, those responsible for the competition and the Portuguese health authorities did not suspend the meeting.
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