A Sporting fan was detained this Thursday during a football match against Villarreal at the Algarve stadium for “failing to take the precautionary measure to ban the use of pyrotechnics” at another gathering, a police source told Luz.
According to the same source, the aforementioned fan was “discovered by PSP spotters”. [Polícia de Segurança Pública] watch the match in violation of the preventive measure imposed by the Office for the Prevention and Control of Violence in Sports for the use of pyrotechnics in the Portimonense-Sporting match on 7 May.”
The situation was “discovered through cooperation between PSP and GNR”. [Guarda Nacional Republicana”, sendo que o detido será presente a tribunal na sexta-feira.
Sporting e Villarreal empataram hoje 1-1 em jogo particular disputado no Estádio Algarve, com Pedro Gonçalves a adiantar os leões, aos 40 minutos, antes de Álex Baena repor a igualdade para os espanhóis, aos 76.