The 15th round of the Portuguese League offered a lot of excitement. Two games were decided by a single goal, while one match ended with no winner.
The big game of the day was an encounter between 2nd-placed Parades and Fluvial, which is in the 3rd place of the table. Parades, the home team, had a 6:2 advantage at halftime. Before the fourth period, Parades was still ahead (9:7), but Fluvial earned a point. The match ended in a 10:10 draw.
Povoense edged out Cascais – 15:14. After the third period, Povoense led 12:9. Cascais started climbing back in the final four minutes, but it didn’t manage to equalize and Povoense kept the win.
Sporting defeated Pacense 11:10. The first half of the match was crucial for the outcome. Sporting had a 5:2 lead before the third quarter. The hosts maintained a 3-goal gap until the last break (9:6). The last quarter belonged to Pacense (4:2), but Sporting recorded a narrow 11:10 victory and caught Pacense in points.
Portuguese League 2019/20, Day 15
Parades – Fluvial 10:10 (2:0, 4:2, 3:5, 1:3)
Parades: João Silva, Gonçalo Sampaio, José Fougo, Jorge Carneiro, Armando Rodrigues, Rafael Sousa, Rui Ferraz, Tiago Pinto (1), Nuno Alexandre (3), Cristiano Santos (1), Ricardo Teixeira (4), Jorge Sousa, José Saraiva, Xavier Sousa (1).
Fluvial: Tiago Aparício, Tomás Magalhães (1), Ricardo Santos, Filipe Oliveira (1), Tiago Paraty (4), Paulo Andrade, Nuno Marques, Salvador Lopes (2), Manuel Cardoso, Leonardo Duarte (1), Miguel Ramalheira, André Leite (1), Samuel Veiga, Cláudio Bastos, Miguel Oliveira.
Cascais – Povoense 14:15 (1:4, 5:4, 3:4, 5:3)
Cascais: Duarte Grego (2), Pedro Borges (5), Diogo Marques (1), Gonçalo Lousa (2), Nuno Branco (1), Francisco Grego (3).
Povoense: Henrique Seixas (1), Tiago Silva (4), Tiago Brito (1), Pedro Coentrão (2), Ricardo Ferreira (3), Diogo Fonte (2), Jorge Figueiredo (1), Hugo Marques (1).
Sporting – Pacense 11:10 (3:1, 2:1, 4:4, 2:4)
Sporting CP : Gonçalo Silva, Tomás Marques, Tiago Gomes (2), Miguel Conde, Ricardo Mendes (2), Guilherme Gaspar, Tomás Cabecinha, Ivo Barbosa (2), Edoardo Colella (3), Mário Bergano, Vasco Veríssimo, João Ramos, Francisco Silva, Tomás Gomes (2), Salvador Santos.
CA Pacense : Konstantinos Kavouras, Diogo Azevedo, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Gonçalo Rodrigues (1), Tiago Leal (3), Luís Carneiro (1), Luís Moreira (1), Ricardo Sousa (4), Emanuel Moura, Gonçalo Leal, José Moreira, Gabriel Meireles, Tiago Costa.
Alges – Academica 22:7 (8:1, 5:1, 4:2, 5:1)
Alges: Catalin Caus (4), Luís Abreu (1), Jorge Lopes (3), Cristiano Joaquim (5), Lucas Souza (6), Jairo Campos (2), Manuel Pinheiro (1).
Academica: Tiago Pinheiro (3), Vasco Lourenço (1), João Santos (3).
Played earlier
Aminata – Vitoria 10:38
1 Vitoria 15 – 45
2 Parades 15 – 40
3 Fluvial 15 – 31
4 Alges 15 – 30
5 Sporting 15 – 24
6 Pacense 15 – 24
7 Povoense 15 – 15
8 Cascais 15 – 9
9 Aminata 15 – 3
10 Academica 15 – 3
