Part of amateur football is struggling.
Xinhua News Agency, Lisbon, April 13 (Chen Baiqiao) the Portuguese Football Association announced on the 13th that it would use half of the prizes won by the Portuguese team in the European Championship qualifier to support Portuguese amateur football.
Portugal’s football leagues at all levels were suspended due to the outbreak of the new Crown pneumonia. Among them, the Amateur Football League has been confirmed to be canceled, and the Championship and promotion demoted teams are not set. Some amateur football clubs are struggling under such circumstances.
In order to help amateur football tide over difficulties, the Portuguese Football Association decided to take out half of the European Championship qualifier bonus won by the national team, plus some donations from Football Association officials and staff, national team coaching team and players, set up a special fund with a total of about 4.7 million euros.
As the defending champion of the European Championship, the Portuguese team won 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the qualifier group of this European Championship (lost to Ukraine away), and finally directly advanced to final table as the second place in the group. It is worth mentioning that the European Championship, which was scheduled to start in June 2020, has been postponed to 2021 due to the outbreak of the new Crown pneumonia.