With Porto v Benfica looming, virus causes concern at Seixal | OneFootball

Just over 24 hours before the kickoff of the first Clásico against Porto, Benfica is trying to deal with an unexpected setback: a virus that has affected several players and members of the technical team of José Mourinho. As far as is known, the symptoms are various and have prevented the team from training at 100%.

However, according to the newspaper A Bola, in the edition of this Saturday, October 4th, the presence of the Clube da Luz in the match against the Porto team is not in question, so the scenario of postponing the match is not on the table. Nevertheless, the alert is still in effect in Seixal, with an atmosphere of concern looming.

In other words, according to the sports daily, although Benfica is not considering asking to change the date of the match with Porto, the medical department of the team - which has been closely monitoring the situation - has serious reasons to fear the spread of the virus that has affected several members of the main squad.

According to what was reported by the national press throughout yesterday, the symptoms affecting the team mainly appear in the form of headaches and body aches, which naturally ends up affecting the performance of the players who are preparing for the difficult visit to Invicta, for the match against Francesco Farioli's team.

On the other hand, if Benfica wanted to postpone the match - something that will not happen - their request would have to meet a requirement that was changed precisely after what was observed in a match between the team and B SAD in 2021. Under the new regulations, the match is only postponed if the team in question has fewer than 13 players available and none of them is a goalkeeper.

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