Ubuesque, surreal, ridiculous ... Words fail.
Make your choice.
In any case, the Portuguese club Belenenses could only line up nine players (including two goalkeepers) on the scoresheet against Benfica this Saturday.
And what had to happen happened: Filipe Cândido's team took the broth.
7-0 victory for the Eagles, including a hat-trick from Darwin Núñez.
The score was already acquired at half-time.
In fact, there was never a second half ... Not really.
The locals left the locker room at seven, a player was still on the mat as soon as the restart and the referee, Manuel Mota, put an end to this farce, this football parody, this shame for Portuguese football.
Belenenses has been hit by a wave of Covid-19 cases in recent days.
13 players and four staff members are affected by the coronavirus.
The meeting, which counted for the 12th day of the Portuguese championship, was however maintained.
In fact, Belenenses SAD president Rui Pedro Soares “
did not ask for the match to be postponed, so there was no refusal or agreement.
It won't happen
, ”as he pointed out before a part that will go down in history.
Not necessarily for the right reasons, however ...