Portuguese authorities have launched an official investigation after a video of alleged police brutality went viral.
Jose Magalhaes says he had been allowed to leave a football match early with his 66-year-old father and two sons, aged nine and 13, because they were being crushed by the celebrating Benfica fans.
Their 0-0 draw in the away match meant they had won the title.
The video has been played widely on Portuguese TV and social media and caused a national scandal.
It shows Magalhaes resting on a low wall with his family outside the stadium when he says the police attacked him without reason:
“What I said, pointing to the stadium, was that he should be worried about what was happening inside because there were more people struggling, I was trying to explain that the situation had to be solved, and then I think it was those gestures that provoked the rest”
Magalhaes says his younger son has been left particularly traumatised by the incident. They had only stopped walkin