Abe Frohman
Well-Known Member
* 12,000 with ticketsIt's been touched on but I think this is as much about the Portuguese govt selling the idea of 12,000 football fans coming into their country so soon after their lockdown restrictions have ended as it is about anything else. It's shit and really should've been squared off in their discussions with UEFA before Porto was announced and UEFA giddily said 6000 fans from each team can attend, plus it smacks of double standards as they're allowing UK tourists in to enjoy whatever facilities are open, but they had issues with domestic football fans last week when Sporting Lisbon fans turned out en masse to celebrate their first league title in 19 years and it's been said that their behaviour didn't go down too well with a lot of people in the country, so imagine what the Portuguese public think of 12,000 foreign fans coming in.
I'd imagine if this game was a month or so later that the obstacles wouldn''t be anywhere near as bad but the timing of the match coming so soon off the back of a strict lockdown in Portugal isn't ideal.
+10,000 plus, without