Sporting defeated Cascais 9:7 in the 16th round of the Portuguese League and qualified for the playoffs.
The top six teams will advance to the playoffs, while Sporting secured at least 6th position. The first half was decisive for the outcome. At halftime, Sporting led 8:4. Although they scored only one goal in the third and the fourth period, Sporting water polo players kept the win β 9:7.
Most of the other matches offered a lot of goals.
The league-leader Vitoria beat 4th-placed Alges 27:14. Parades, which holds 2nd position, demolished Academica 34:7. Povoense recorded a convincing win over Aminata β 24:7. Fluvial was better than Pacense 13:9.
Portuguese League 2019/20, Day 16
Sporting β Cascais 9:7 (4:2, 4:2, 0:2, 1:1)
Sporting CP : GonΓ§alo Silva, Tiago LΓ©, Tiago Gomes (1), Henrique Castro, Ricardo Mendes (2), Guilherme Gaspar, TomΓ‘s Cabecinha, Ivo Barbosa (1), Edoardo Colella (2), Vasco VerΓssimo, JoΓ£o Ramos (1), Francisco Silva, TomΓ‘s Gomes (2), TomΓ‘s Marques.
Cascais WPC : Duarte Costa, Duarte Grego (1), Manuel Branco, Diogo Catarino (1), Guilherme Correia, Pedro Borges (1), Diogo Marques (1), AndrΓ©. Machado, GonΓ§alo Lousa, Guilherme Loureiro, Rui GonΓ§alves, Nuno Branco (3), Tiago Vaz, Francisco Grego.
Povoense β Aminata 24:7 (7:1, 3:2, 7:1, 7:3)
CN Povoense : Tiago Carvalhais, Bruno Sousa (2), Tiago Mineiro (5), Nuno Santos (1), Tiago Silva (5), JoΓ£o Brito (2), Pedro CoentrΓ£o (3), AndrΓ© Vieira (1), JosΓ© Pereira, Ricardo Ferreira (1), Diogo Fonte (2), Jorge Figueiredo (1), Miguel Costa, Guilherme Silva, Hugo Marques (1).
Aminata CNE : Vasco CecΓlio, Filipe GonΓ§alves, Diogo Siquenique (3), Pedro Gomes (2), JoΓ£o Gordo (1), JosΓ© Santos (1), Tiago Velhinho, Pedro PatrΓ£o.
Vitoria β Alges 27:14 (5:5, 10:2, 5:3, 7:4)
Vitoria SC : JoΓ£o Serra, JoΓ£o Camacho, Tiago Teixeira, AndrΓ© Rocha (1), Dumitru Sobetchi (3), JoΓ£o Costa (2), Miguel Castro (3), Kincses Attila (4), Pedro Sousa (6), Nuno Fernandes, AndrΓ© Pereira (2), Pedro Cunha (1), Milan Vitorovic, Miguel Mariani (5), Afonso MagalhΓ£es.
S Alges D : AntΓ³nio Pombinho, Miguel Caramelo, Tiago Catarino (1), Catalin Caus, LuΓs Abreu (2), Alberto JΓΊnior, Cristiano Joaquim (7), Lucas Souza (2), GonΓ§alo Carmo, Jairo Campos (1).
Fluvial β Pacense 13:9 (4:2, 2:3, 3:2, 4:2)
C Fluvial P : Tiago AparΓcio, TomΓ‘s MagalhΓ£es (2), Ricardo Santos (1), Filipe Oliveira, Tiago Paraty (5), Nuno Marques, Salvador Lopes (3), JosΓ© BrandΓ£o (2), CΓ‘ssio Zanatto, Leonardo Duarte, AndrΓ© Leite, Samuel Veiga, ClaΓΊdio Bastos, Miguel Oliveira.
CA Pacense : Konstantinos Kavouras, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Bruno Silva, GonΓ§alo Rodrigues, Tiago Leal (1), LuΓs Carneiro, LuΓs Moreira, Ricardo Sousa (3), Emanuel Moura (1), Daniel Pereira, JosΓ© Moreira (2), Tiago Costa (2).
Academica β Parades 7:34 (0:7, 2:7, 2:12, 3:6)
A Academica C : Alexandre Serra, GonΓ§alo Lopes, Filipe Santos (2), Tiago Pacheco (2), Vasco LourenΓ§o, JoΓ£o Santos (1), GonΓ§alo Dias (2), Francisco Rodrigues, LuΓs LourenΓ§o, Francisco Santos.
SSCM Parades : JoΓ£o Silva, AndrΓ© Rocha, JosΓ© Fougo (3), Jorge Carneiro (2), GonΓ§alo Sampaio (1), Rafael Sousa (1), LuΓs Sousa, Tiago Pinto, Francisco Sousa, Nuno Alexandre (4), Cristiano Santos (4), Ricardo Teixeira (14), Jorge Sousa, JosΓ© Saraiva (2), Xavier Sousa (3).
1 Vitoria 16 β 48
2 Parades 16 β 43
3 Fluvial 16 β 34
4 Alges 16 β 30
5 Sporting 16 β 27
6 Pacense 16 β 24
7 Povoense 16 β 18
8 Cascais 16 β 9
9 Academica 16 β 3
10 Aminata 16 – 3