The first round of the Portuguese League was a festival of goals. Even 127 goals were scored in five games (25,4 per match).
Reigning champion Vitoria Guimaraes was merciless. Titleholder blew away Cascais – 29:4. Pacence and Sporting also beat their respective rivals with ease, while matches Fluvial Porto – Povoense and Alges – Paredes were more balanced.
Povoense defeated Fluvial by 4 goals. At halftime, it was 5:5, but Fluvial took control in the second half and recorded an 11:7 win.
Parades overcame Alges 12:10. The third quarter was crucial for the outcome. After 16 minutes, the rivals were tied (7:7), while Paredes entered the last period with a 10:8 lead and maintained an advantage until the last buzzer.
Portuguese League 2019/20, Round 1
Fluvial Porto – Povoense 11:7 (4:2; 1:3; 2:0; 4:2)
Fluvial Porto: Tiago Aparício, Tomás Magalhães, Iuri Coelho (1), Filipe Oliveira (2), Tiago Paraty (2), José Brandão (2), Nuno Marques, Miguel Oliveira, Manuel Cardoso (1), Marco Carvalho (2), Diogo Pinto (1), Leonardo Duarte, Samuel Veiga, Cláudio Bastos.
Povoense: Tiago Carvalhais, Bruno Sousa, Tiago Mineiro (2), Henrique Seixas (1), Tiago Silva, Diogo Fonte (1), Pedro Coentrão (1), André Vieira, José Pereira, Ricardo Ferreira (2), Nuno Santos, Jorge Figueiredo, Miguel Costa, Guilherme Silva, João Brito.
Algés – Paredes 10:12 (3:3; 4:4; 1:3; 2:2)
Algés: António Pombinho, Jairo Campos, Tiago Catarino, Catalin Caus (1), João Jardim, Luís Abreu (1), Jorge Lopes (1), Mauro Abreu, Rúben Santos (2), Cristiano Joaquim (2), Lucas Souza (2), Gonçalo Carmo, Sandro Figueiredo, Alberto Júnior (1), Manuel Pinheiro.
Paredes: João Silva, Luís Pacheco, José Fougo, Jorge Carneiro, Armando Rodrigues (2), Rafael Sousa, Diogo Ferraz (1), Tiago Pinto, André Coelho, Nuno Alexandre (4), Cristiano Santos (2), Ricardo Teixeira (2), Jorge Sousa, José Saraiva (1), Xavier Sousa.
Académica Coimbra – Sporting 7:21 (3:5; 1:7; 1:6; 2:3)
Académica Coimbra: Alexandre Serra, Gonçalo Lopes, Filipe Santos, Tiago Pinheiro (3), João Santos (2), Gonçalo Dias (1), Luís Lourenço, Francisco Tejo (1), Diogo Menezes, Vasco Lourenço.
Sporting: Gonçalo Silva, Tiago Noira (1), Tiago Gomes (1), Miguel Conde (5), Tomás Marques (2), Guilherme Gaspar (1), Daniel Veríssimo (2), Ivo Barbosa (1), Edoardo Colella (2), Tomás Gomes (3), Vasco Veríssimo, Salvador Santos (1), Francisco Silva, Tiago Lé.
Aminata – Pacence 4:22 (1:7; 0:7; 2:3; 1:5)
Aminata: Vasco Cecílio, João G., Pedro Gomes, Diogo Siquenique, Gonçalo Barreto (2), Joaquim Fonseca (1), José Santos (1), Pedro Patrão.
Pacence: Konstantinos Kavouras, José Moreira, Pedro Santos, Bruno Silva, Ricardo Sousa (7), Tiago Leal (2), José Rocha, Luís Moreira (7), Gonçalo Leal (2), Emanuel Moura (1), Gonçalo Rodrigues (3), Daniel Pinto, Gabriel Meireles.
Vitória Guimarães – Cascais 29:4 (6:1; 11:1; 8:1; 4:1)
Vitória Guimarães: João Serra, Vitor Matos (3), Tiago Teixeira (2), André Rocha (1), Dumitru Sobetchi, João Costa (2), Miguel Castro (1), Kincses Attila (5), Pedro Sousa (5), Nuno Fernandes (1), André Pereira (1), Pedro Cunha (1), Szbo Marcell, Miguel Rodrigues (6). Vasco Abreu (1).
Cascais: Miguel Falcão, Duarte Grego, Manuel Branco (1), Diogo Catarino, Gonçalo Direito (1), Pedro Borges, Diogo Marques, André Machado, Gonçalo Lousa (2), Rafael Gomes, Guilherme Correia.
