Benfica basketball game with Bakken Bears behind closed doors

O game between Benfica and Bakken Bears, of the sixth day of the group phase of the European Basketball Cup, scheduled for Wednesday, in Lisbon, will take place behind closed doors due to bad weather, announced today the ‘carnados’.

“Sport Lisboa and Benfica informs that the game of the men’s basketball team in front of Bakken Bears, counting for the FIBA Europe Cup, scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, will be played behind closed doors, following the declaration of the alert situation throughout the national territory by the government,” Benfica announced on his official website.

The meeting between the Benfiquists and the Danes, counting on the sixth day of Group G, is scheduled for 8:00.

After five days, Benfica leads the grouping, with the same nine points of Bakken Bears, second ranked, and they move forward the first two. In Denmark, on October 7, the ‘eyes’ won by 91-81.

Continental Portugal is on alert between 00:00 and 23:59 Wednesday, due to the possible worsening of the state of time with the arrival of depression Charles, it is expected that Lisbon, Leiria, Setúbal, Beja and Faro will be the most affected regions.

The government has decided to close non-essential schools and public services in all districts, and the authorities have admitted to closing bridges and air traffic restrictions.

According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), “the occurrence of heavy rain or shower periods, strong wind, with gusts that can reach 120 kilometers/hour and, in case of formation of the phenomenon ‘sting jet’ (air current that quickly descends inside an extratropical depression, accelerating towards the surface), exceed 150 kilometers/hour”.

Red weather warnings (the maximum level) were issued for the continent, for Wednesday, and also for Madeira, as of tonight. In the archipelago, schools will be closed in the morning.