Soccer Football - Primeira Liga - Belenenses v Benfica - Estadio Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal - November 27, 2021 Referee Manuel Mota ends the match early after Belenenses started the match with 9 players due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the club and Joao Monteiro sustains an injury REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
LISBON (Reuters) - Benfica's Primeira Liga match at Belenenses on Saturday was abandoned amid extraordinary scenes after their COVID-19-hit opponents were forced to name a team of nine players - including two goalkeepers.
Benfica took advantage of their numerical superiority to rack up seven goals by halftime before Belenenses returned with only seven players for the second period.
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