Sporting’s handball team complained of an intense smell of bleach or some toxic product in the Dragão Arena dressing room, before the game with FC Porto, and was forced to get equipped outside the cabins, they said. To Ball and the Record.
Coach Ricardo Costa and pivot Moga were treated and transported to a hospital unit, as advised by the medical team.
More players on the Leo team felt unwell.
Game delegates present at the venue described the smell as “sleeping” and decided that the game, initially scheduled for 6pm, would be postponed by 15 minutes.
According to Record, Sporting complained about the incident to the Portuguese Handball Federation, which asked FC Porto to carry out an inspection of the changing rooms, where no abnormalities were detected.
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