Soccer Football - Primeira Liga - Belenenses v Benfica - Estadio Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal - November 27, 2021 Belenenses during the line up before the match with only 9 players due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the club REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's soccer league said on Wednesday that all professional players must get tested for COVID-19 ahead of every match after a game had to be abandoned last week due to an outbreak.
The league said in a statement that it had informed clubs that all players must take an antigen test 48 hours before a match and said masks must be used on the bench.
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