Titleholder Vitoria from Guimaraes and Parades continued their neck-and-neck race in the Portuguese League.
After the 5th round, both teams have 15 points each.
In the 5th round, Vitoria easily defeated Povoense 24:7, while Parades dominated the match against Sporting – 18:5.
Two games were decided by a goal. Alges edged out Fluvial 12:11 to keep the 3rd place in the table.
The encounter between Aminata and Academica was ended with the same result. Academica recorded a 12:11 win and took its first points in the season.
Portuguese League 2019/20, Round 5
Vitoria – Povoense 24:7 (4:0, 6:1, 7:2, 7:4)
Vitoria: João Serra, Afonso Magalhaes, Vitor Matos, André Rocha (1), Dumitru Sobetchi (3), João Costa (3), Miguel Castro, Kincses Attila (2), Pedro Sousa (7), Nuno Fernandes (1), André Pereira (2), Pedro Cunha (1), Szabo Marcell, Miguel Mariani (4), Vasco Abreu.
Povoense: Tiago Carvalhais, Bruno Sousa (2), Tiago Mineiro (1), Henrique Seixas, Tiago Silva (1), Diogo Fonte, Pedro Coentrão (1), André Vieira, José Rato, Ricardo Ferreira (1), José
Pereira, Jorge Figueiredo (1), Miguel Costa, Nuno Santos, Guilherme Silva.
Aminata CNE – Academica C 11:12 (1:4, 5:1, 3:3, 2:4)
Aminata: Vasco Cecílio, Francisco Costa, Diogo Siquenique (6), José Rato, João Gordo, Pedro Gomes, Carlos Siquenique (1), Gonçalo Barreto (2), João Quaresma, José Santos (1), Tiago Velhinho, Pedro Patrão, Felipe Gonçalves.
Academica: Alexandre Serra, Gonçalo Lopes, Filipe Santos, Vasco Lourenço, Joaõ Santos (5), Gonçalo Dias (2), Francisco Rodrigues (2), Francisco Tejo (1), Luís Lourenço, Diogo Barreira (1), Francisco Santos.
SSCM Parades – Sporting CP 18:5 (6:0, 3:2; 3:1, 6:2)
Parades: João Silva, Rafael Sousa, José Fougo, Pedro Pereira (1), Armando Rodrigues (3), Hugo Barbosa (1), Rui Ferraz, Tiago Pinto (1), André Coelho, Nuno Alexandre (4), Cristiano Santos (1), Ricardo Teixeira (5), Jorge Sousa, José Saraiva (1), Xavier Sousa (1).
Sporting: Gonçalo Silva, Tiago Noira, Tiago Gomes, Tomás Marques (1), Ricardo Mendes, Guilherme Gaspar, João Mendes, Ivo Barbosa (3), Edoardo Colella (1), Mário Bergano, Vasco Veríssimo, João Ramos, Francisco Silva, Tiago Lé, Salvador Santos
Alges – Fluvial 12:11(5:2, 3:3, 2:2; 2:4)
Alges: António Pombinho, Jairo Campos (1), Manuel Pinheiro, Catalin Caus, João Jardim, Luís Abreu (1), Jorge Lopes (3), Mauro Abreu (1), Diogo Lourenço, Cristiano Joaquim (5), Lucas Souza (1), Gonçalo Carmo, Sandro Figueiredo.
Fluvial: Tiago Aparício, André Leite, Filipe Oliveira (1), Tiago Paraty (2), José Brandão, Nuno Marques, Salvador Lopes (4), Manuel Cardoso (1), Marco Carvalho, Diogo Pinto (1), Leonardo Duarte (2), Samuel Veiga.
Cascais WPC – CA Pacense 9:13 (4:6, 1:3, 1:2, 3:2)
Cascais: Duarte Grego (1), Diogo Marques (1), Gonçalo Lousa (4), Nuno Santos (1), Nuno Branco (2).
Pacense: José Moreira (2), Luís Carneiro (3), Luís Moreira (4), Ricardo Sousa (3), Gonçalo Leal (1).
1 Vitoria 5 – 15
2 Parades 5 – 15
3 Alges 5 – 12
4 Pacense 5 – 9
5 Fluvial 4 – 6
6 Sporting 5 – 6
7 Povoense 5 – 3
8 Cascais 5 – 3
9 Academica 5 – 3
10 Aminata 4 – 0