Dragão Arena faces closure after FC Porto-Sporting handball clash | OneFootball

Dragão Arena risks being shut down following the controversy sparked by the Clássico in the opening round of the final stage of the national handball championship, played last Saturday, in which Sporting beat FC Porto 30-33.

It should be recalled that Sporting reported a strong smell of ammonia in the changing room assigned to them, a situation that led coach Ricardo Costa – replaced on the bench by Ricardo Candeias – and player Christian Moga – withdrawn from the squad list – to receive assistance from firefighters at the scene.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office has meanwhile announced the opening of a criminal investigation, something that could prove very costly for the blue-and-white club, according to statements made this Wednesday by Lúcio Correia, a professor of Sports Law, on Rádio Renascença’s program ‘Bola Branca’.

“In this situation, it is very likely that a heavy fine will be imposed, in accordance with what the violence law provides for. But also, probably, a ban on the use of that venue for handball. In other words, there is a high probability that the arena will be barred from being used,” he began by saying.

“I think this has more to do with a war, unfortunately, that has taken hold between Sporting and FC Porto than with handball itself, so handball is being dragged along by a climate that has developed between the clubs, coming from football and spreading to handball. I hope it ends here and does not spread to any other sport,” he added.

For Lúcio Correia, this case involves “crimes of a public nature”, putting at risk the “very safety of those involved”. For that reason, the professor finds it strange that the Authority for the Prevention and Combat of Violence in Sport (APCVD) has not moved forward with a “similar procedure” to that of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

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