FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Primeira Liga - Benfica v Tondela - Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal - January 8, 2021 General view inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
LISBON (Reuters) - Groups representing journalists and lawyers in Portugal complained of a threat to press freedom on Wednesday, after prosecutors acknowledged having spied on two reporters to try to ferret out their sources in a case against soccer club Benfica.
The prosecutor's office acknowledged late on Tuesday it had asked police to spy on the journalists in 2018, after the reporters published confidential details about an investigation into Portugal's biggest soccer team.
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