Benfica and Feyenoord match considered “high risk”

PSP explains the device for the Champions League match on Wednesday

The Public Security Police issued a statement warning of the dangers of Benfica’s match, on Wednesday, against the Dutch team Feyenoord, at the Estadio da Luz, starting at eight in the evening, in the third round of the Champions League stage.

The PSP Lisbon Metropolitan leadership explains that “according to current legislation” the game is “considered a ‘high-risk’ event”, as it is expected to accommodate “about 60 thousand people”.

The stadium's doors will be open to the public as of six in the evening, but the public police “will begin its work in the morning, focusing on monitoring parking lots and vehicle movement, as well as patrolling downtown Lisbon.”

Lage started preparing for the Champions League match with only two losses. The Dutch coach only thinks about visiting Luz, and he has not forgotten the defeat he suffered in the Eusébio Cup

The statement warned of “traffic restrictions as of 5:30 p.m. on Avenida do Colegio Militar.”

For this event, the spotlight was highlighted on the “Police Service understood as appropriate to the circumstances, which includes various aspects of the PSP, such as personnel from the District Police Department, Traffic Department, Public Transport Security Department, Criminal Investigation Department, Urban Sports Information Unit and teams Rapid intervention, prevention and immediate response teams, and strengthening the special police unit.”