What happened on November 27, 2021 at Estádio do Jamor, Estádio Nacional do Jamor is a shame that cannot be overlooked at one of the darkest hours in the history of Portuguese football.
It’s a shame that there were nine Belenenses against 11 Benfica, and it’s a shame that someone sanctioned such a game.
Shame on the Belenenses SAD leaders who did little or nothing to protect the team devastated by the covidal outburst of shame they had to face.
Shame on Rui Pedro Soares, the president of the same SAD, who left in tears during the break a few hours after saying that he had not petitioned to postpone the game (and then finally came to say that he called the Liga to ask whether he was going to the game at all).
Shame on Benfica, the champion of Benfica herself, an accomplice to the shame and shame of others.
(Is it not Benfica’s fault? Of course they are to blame. They are to blame for agreeing to play on equal terms with a team of scraps. And above all, they are to blame for celebrating goal after goal as if It was a normal game. No one deserves it. Adept doesn’t deserve it. Nobody deserves it. Do honor to Jorge Jesus, who is worthy and gathered on the bench watching the dishonor he must have witnessed.)
Shame on the League, which should organize a competition that promotes millions, but from which not a word has been heard about the shame that was announced.
Shame on Pedro Proense, the leader of the same League, who, after two years of the pandemic, seems to have no weapons or protocol so as not to subject those who love football to a shame of this caliber.
And shame on the national health authorities, who are generous with covid rules and guidelines, but whose role in tonight’s bleak outcome has yet to be determined.
Football was supposed to be the most beautiful game, 11 against 11, round ball, feint-clear pass-throw-goal, glory and misfortune, sports truth, sports truth above all else. None of this happened on November 27, 2021 at the Estádio Nacional do Jamor.
During the break, the score was 7: 0, because the game ended there because of the absence of the Belenenses team and the dignity of those few who refused to remain complicit in the shame. Was it 7-0? It must be 30, 40, 50 or 60 for the whole world to know about the shameful disgrace that befell Portuguese football.
Responsible? It is quite obvious that nothing is happening, people are calm and tomorrow another ball is rolling across the green Portuguese lawn. We hope that no one will remember these games. But today, yes, today was the day Portuguese football died of shame.
