Hey there, I have a quick question I was hoping you guys could answer for me really quickly. I am planning to go to Cape Verde Islands in March and it looks like one way to get there from Qatar is via Portugal. I was thinking to do a couple of days in Lisbon, then a couple of days in CV. Anyhoo, like I always do I went to see if there'd be any football in town and low and behold Porto vs Benfica is on Sunday, March 3! I know it's Estadio Drago, but this would definitely be one game worth staying an extra day or two for. I wanted to ask about tickets + possible restrictions to games. I'm on the Porto ticketing website and they don't seem to have tickets open for public purchase for anything but the upcoming 3 games. I guess that's normal? There are tickets available on Viagogo and other third parties but is this a safe bet? I just wanted to make sure that attending a game in Portugal is fairly straight forward, ie buy your ticket, go to the game, scan your ticket and the gate and watch the game. Or do they check for names on tickets, fan ID, etc stuff like that? I know it's90% chance the former, but pardon my naivety - I attended a Bologna vs Padova game last summer in Italy and they not once, but twice checked everyone's ID + name on ticket to make sure they matched. So I want to make sure it's not the same before going ahead and buying via a 3rd party. Thanks, any advice would be much appreciated!
It is normal for only the next three games tickets to be available. I have not gone to Portos stadium but at Benficas you only need the ticket, no other checks are made, I suspect the Same for Porto.
I have caught matches of Belenenses, Boavista and Vit. Guimaraes at all 3 of those stadiums it was walk up on match day and purchase tickets... mind you none of the big 3 were involved in any of those matches so that could make things different.