Benfica could be national soccer champion this Saturday and the Public Security Police (PSP) already has a plan drawn up for possible celebrations in Lisbon.
The metro will close earlier between the Marquês de Pombal and Picoas stations and the streets around the roundabout where Benfica fans usually gather to celebrate will be closed to traffic.
“Around 4:30 p.m., there will already be several restrictions in that area, namely, on the axis between Entrecampos and Marquês de Pombal, on the axis between Praça de Espanha and Marquês de Pombal, Amoreiras and Marquês de Pombal and Restauradores and Marquês de Pombal. Therefore, all those arteries that will flow to Marquês de Pombal will be conditioned from 4:30 p.m. That is why we ask that people favor public transport. Picoas will be closed. That is, people will have to leave by previous stops”. , explains TSF Artur Serafim, spokesman for the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the PSP.
PSP also announces that fans will be searched for: “We also inform you that an object entry control will be carried out. [Não podem entrar] helmets, explosive material, bottles, rigid rods, compressed air horns, glasses, among others”.
Benfica will receive Santa Clara at 6:00 p.m. and a victory will guarantee the title, although a draw could also come. Artur Serafim also leaves advice for anyone who is thinking of going to Marquês de Pombal, if the Luz club is champion.
“Do not park in prohibited places and check that they have been left properly closed, without any exposed object inside. All the people who travel to this possible celebration, who adopt behaviors and attitudes typical of a sporting and festive environment. all participants, always avoiding fomenting violence and promoting or participating in any type of conflict that could disturb public order ”, he says.
Source: TSF
