When will Benfica play behind closed doors? Find out more | OneFootball

Benfica already knows it will have to play one match behind closed doors, but it still does not know in which game the sanction will be enforced. After the Court of Appeal made the decision of the Authority for the Prevention and Combat of Violence in Sport (APCVD) final, uncertainty remains over which will be the first match affected by the punishment.

The club’s leadership will request formal clarification from both the Court and the APCVD, in an attempt to obtain a definitive interpretation regarding the enforcement of the penalty. At first, everything pointed to the punishment being served in the home match against Académico de Viseu, corresponding to the opening round of Liga Portugal Betclic and the first league game at the Estádio da Luz. However, that is no longer the only scenario on the table.

There is now the possibility that the sanction could be applied in the very first official home game of the season, against St. Gallen, in the second leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League. It should be recalled that the sanction became final after all avenues of appeal were exhausted. In addition to the staging of one match behind closed doors. The information was reported by Record.

The doubt stems from the fact that the case which led to the punishment also includes incidents that occurred in European competitions, raising the possibility that the sanction may be served in the first official match played at the Luz, regardless of the competition. Even so, according to the same source, the Lisbon District Court clarified that this issue was not expressly defined in the ruling.

Given this scenario, Benfica intends to obtain a formal response from the competent authorities before the official start of the season, so as to understand in which match it will have to play without the support of its fans. In addition to holding one match behind closed doors, the Eagles were also ordered to pay a fine of 150,000 euros.

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