Team starts with only 9 players in Portuguese top flight

[Rofesleg]

2 keepers.
No subs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1464694660513865730

 

[ThePrisoner]

How can that be allowed?? League must be bent.

 

[TheBoroBuzzard]

Looks like the 2nd half didn’t even start. Not sure if the result is valid.

 

[weemoby]

That’s crazy!

 

[goalscrounger]

First minute own goal too???!!

 

[weemoby]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59448376

"Belenenses' Portuguese top-flight match against Benfica was abandoned early in the second half because the home side had only six players on the pitch - having been forced to start the game with nine men, including a goalkeeper as an outfield player."

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

This is what we should have done.

 

[ThePrisoner]

This is what we should have done.

True. We would be top ten in the Premier League now.

 

[weemoby]

This is what we should have done.

If we'd of done that would probably have been chucked out of the Premier League for bringing the game into disrepute, or some other tenuous reason.

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

Read about this, very funny. The team lost 14 players and most of the coaching staff to positive COVID tests, requested a postponement from the league and didn't get it.

So they started with the 9 players including the reserve keeper playing CM.

0-7 down at halftime with an own goal in the first minute, 2 more players didn't come out after halftime and then straight after kickoff in the second half, the reserve keeper had to come off in the 46th minute with "injury", which meant the game had to be postponed because less than seven players.

Point made

 

[MolteniArcore]

Good tactic playing 2 in goal if you only have a few outfield players

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

Hey, 36 points from 36 0-0 draws would keep you in the Premier League, no-one tell Aitor!