The game 60:0 led to the relegation in Benavente.

The Benavente Futsal Club Association was punished with a relegation, a disqualification from the 2022/2023 Men’s Senior Futsal District Championship and a €300 fine due to a game in which it lost 60-0 in Masao and which resulted in being transferred title. home team champion.

The decision of the Disciplinary Board (CD) of the Football Association of Santarém (AFS) was taken at a meeting held on the night of Monday, August 21, while an official statement from this body has already been sent to the associated clubs.

At stake is the game AD Masao – Benavente on May 6, counting on the 22nd and last round of the senior district championship, which ended with a strange 60-0 result for the Masaenese, who thus surpassed the points tie with Vitoria. Clube de Santarem for “goal average”.

Benavente arrived in Masao with just three athletes, a goalkeeper and two outfield players, the minimum to compete in a futsal match, causing huge controversy regarding sports truth.

A few days later, the AFS released a statement saying it felt “embarrassed” by the episode and was not going to approve the result or the final classification of the championship, which would be put on hold until the facts were communicated to management. Public service.

“Knowing the facts that determined the achievement of an unthinkable result for a normal futsal game”, and also taking into account the information and disciplinary complaint put forward by the member of the board of the association who was present at the game, the ASF decided to “send a report on the disciplinary action to the competent authority, that is, to the AF Santarem Disciplinary Board, asking for an urgent decision.

The decision has only now been made and the Benavente Futsal Clubs Association can still appeal to the AFS Justice Council.