In a draft on the gradual resumption of competition prepared by the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), it is stated that the return of the 1st and 2nd leagues will always be “dependent on the indications of the official bodies”, also providing a set of rules that the clubs must comply with, such as the sanitation of “all spaces” and the availability of disinfectant in the changing rooms.
As for game security, the document foresees that public and private security personnel in the technical area will be “in small numbers”, maintaining social distance and mandatory use of masks or visors.
During the games, the presidential stands should have a maximum number of five people, “with social distancing and the use of protective equipment, including masks, gloves and disinfectants”.
According to a draft for the progressive resumption of competition, prepared by the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), to which the Lusa agency had access, the return of the I and II League will always be “dependent on the indications of the official entities”, but foresees the mandatory testing before the first day after the interruption of competitions.
These tests will be carried out on “all elements of the game sheet and players not called”, as well as other additional elements if the Sports Societies so choose.
In addition, there must be a guarantee that “all clubs performed and received the tests between the 48 hours and up to the 24 hours prior to the game” and the “authorization of all those tested to send the analysis result to the League, for data processing purposes ”, can be read.
The document also foresees the "constitution of an independent commission to analyze the data sent by the laboratories" and that before each game "the doctor makes a certificate of aptitude of the elements (players and staff) for the purpose of accreditation".
Also, to resume “collective training”, mandatory tests to covid-19 are foreseen for “players and technical staff”.
The control will be carried out by the medical departments of the teams, who "make a certificate of physical fitness of the players before the first official collective training".
The League's outline for the return to competition also provides that if a player who tests positive for covid-19 must be isolated and the other players and nearby staff tested.
The return of a player who has tested positive only happen "after getting two negative tests in a period exceeding 24 hours," and that "the teams medical departments perform a certificate of fitness of the players after information."
As for the cases negative, immunity tests to covid-19 are scheduled, making these players “apt for accreditation and play”.
As for the official matches, the teams will be able to enter the field as long as they have a minimum number of seven players, one of them goalkeepers, and the covid-19 is “equated with another type of injury”.
The document also states that there will be no “exceptions to the gambling laws”.
With the medical departments of each club having the responsibility to certify the physical fitness of the players before each game, they should also develop training with “players and staff” and “with all cleaning teams and everyone who has technical zone intervention ”.
The draft developed by the League also warns of “themes that need articulation”, such as the “reopening of the airspace of the islands without quarantine” or the “guarantee of sanitation to the spas on the day before the game, leaving the spas sealed to be opened when the arrival of the teams ”.
The Portuguese Football League wants clubs guarantee hygiene in stages after the resumption of competitions and that the Portuguese Football Association (FPF) shall be responsible for testing for covid-19 in the refereeing teams.
Regarding the measures for the arbitration teams, the League foresees that it is the FPF to “indicate the entity responsible for certifying that they are tested and negative”.
The refereeing teams must check the pitch with the League delegate, maintaining the mandatory social distance and must promote the alignment of the teams before the game “without the usual greeting”, it can be read.
The observer to the referee must meet with the arbitration team, if necessary through videoconference, and access to the technical zone can only happen if the “FPF guarantees that the observers are tested negative”.
The outline for the resumption of the competitions foresees that the usual meeting of organization of game does not take place, leaving the delegate of the League “to speak individually with all the participants in the usual meeting”.
League delegates must arrive at the stadium three hours before departure, “wearing a mask” and maintaining their social distance, with the responsibility of “checking the conformity of spaces”, ensuring that “access to the technical area is made only by people indispensable to the organization of the game ”or that“ the game balls are sanitized ”.
As for the security of the game, the document foresees that the number of public security and private security to circulate in the technical zone is “in small numbers”, maintaining social distance and mandatory use of a mask / visor.
During the games, the presidential tribunes must have a maximum number of five elements, "with social distance and use of protective equipment, namely masks, gloves and disinfectants".
Also, the ball catchers must be equipped with a mask and keep a minimum distance between themselves, and must disinfect their hands before, at the break and at the end of the game. The balls that leave the stadium can only be used after being disinfected.
As for the rules for social communication, the League draft provides for a maximum of 20 photojournalists on the pitch, five in each corner of the playing field.
The press stands, on the other hand, will be reduced to one third of the current capacity, and “all routes of members of the Social Communication Organs (OCS) must be independent of the route of the sports agents and never pass through the technical zone”.
The League also expects to keep the 'superflash' and 'flash interview', but not the mixed zones.
Press conferences at the end of the challenge can be held as long as the conditions of hygiene and safety for the sports agent are guaranteed, being allowed to be carried out through digital means.
The document, which needs approval, foresees rules to be adopted in the internships, which must have “the shortest possible duration, advising the teams to travel on the day of the meeting.
Sports Societies must also “indicate to the League the usual hotels to request a disinfection certificate according to the rules of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS)”.
For bus travel, each company must “ask the supplier for a disinfection certificate according to DGS rules”.
“All trips must be carried out within the rules of safety, namely, with the use of a mask, gel and maintenance of the safety distance”, it can be read, also referring to possible airplane trips.
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