Penafiel won for the break, but failed to halt Lusitania's turn in the second half. Leadership is now on Lourosa's team, but it leaves the top five in the bud.
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15/11/2026
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O Lusitânia de Lourosa signed, this Sunday, a date on the visit to Penafiel (2-1), ‘stealing the leadership of the II League in play on the 11th journey. A few hours after Tondela put extra pressure, with a victory against Farense (2-0), the two candidates starred in a beautiful football afternoon with visitors coming out smiling.
The game movie
In the first part, Lusitania even had more possession of the ball, but it was Penafiel who managed to do damage and open the marker at 22 minutes.
Max Svensson appeared loose, entered the large area and fired a ‘bomb’ into the goal, leading to the delirium of the fans present at Stadium 25 April.
The Lusitania de Lourosa did not fail to respond in the first part and even had a great opportunity to re-establish the draw. At 31 minutes, Mika Borges advanced to mark a major penalty, but could not convert to goal, having seen Miguel Oliveira defend the shot.
Everything changed after the break. Lusitania managed to turn the text around in the second 45 minutes, with two goals still before the 80 minutes. Dylan Collard rescued the tie at 67 minutes, after crossing Arsenio, a player who would be in charge of signing the reassembled goal.
João Santos was dropped missing in the large area of Penafiel, with referee António Nobre punishing Douglas Broel with a yellow card and marking another... penalti.
This time, it was Arsenio, experienced Portuguese advanced, who took responsibility to advance to the mark of the 11 meters and did not forgive. Ball to one side, Miguel Oliveira to the other: was thus consummated the reassembled visitors.
The caretakers tried to chase after the damage, to at least reach the draw and raise a point, but Lusitania clung with nails and teeth to the tangential advantage, confirming that playing at home has been a real malapata for Penafiel.
With this result, Lusitânia put a stop to a series of four consecutive games without winning and rose to the lead of the II League, where it now lives with 22 points, the same as the Penafiel, which goes down to second place, but the tiebreaker criterion (direct confrontation) smiles at Lourosa's formation.
In the third place is Sporting B, also with 22 points, followed by Benfica B, with 20 points. Still, the two rivals of Lisbon have a late game. In fifth place is Tondela with 19 points.
What does the next journey hold?
The leadership has thus a new owner and the next round, scheduled for the end of the month – another elimination of the Portuguese Cup – promises to be electrifying, since there is a new confrontation between teams... from the top4.
Penafiel plays at home again, but this time to measure strength with Benfica B. In turn, Lusitânia de Lourosa welcomes Vizela, while Sporting B faces Amarante at home.