Thu May 27, 2021 6:12 pm
Over 20,000 fans can attend Spain-Portugal friendly in Madrid on 4 June
Fans have been given the go ahead to attend the Spain-Portugal football friendly early next month, the first major professional sports event to be held in Madrid with a live audience since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
Officials from the health department of Madrid’s regional government announced on Tuesday that about 20,500 fans will be allowed to attend the game on 4 June, to be played at Atlético de Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium. Normal full capacity at the ground is 68,000.
Safety restrictions will be in place, including the wearing of face masks and different times set for entry to the stadium, along with no smoking, eating or drinking in the stands.
Spain’s Minister for Culture and Sport, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, had said earlier this month that fans would be allowed to return to stadiums, at reduced capacities, only in areas with a Covid-19 incidence rate of less than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.