Beatriz Sanheiro scores four and Atlético break Torreense open in 85 seconds

For thirty-six minutes this was a game. In the last four it stopped being one. Atlético CP beat SCU Torreense 2-6 at the Externato de Penafirme, with four goals from Beatriz Sanheiro, three of them concentrated in just over eighty seconds at the end, the most emphatic result of the round, which leaves Pedro Henriques' side unbeaten after five rounds.

Atlético started early. In the 4th minute and 15 seconds, Beatriz Sanheiro opened the scoring, and in the following minute Mariana Marques was cautioned in the 4th minute and 41 seconds. Torreense's first half became difficult well before the interval: in the 9th minute and 9 seconds, goalkeeper Bruna Ferreira was sent off with a straight red card, leaving Pedro Nobre's side with a numerical disadvantage.

In the 12th minute and 20 seconds, Viviana Lopes extended the lead to 0-2, but Torreense responded before the break. In the 15th minute and 39 seconds, Ana Alves reduced the deficit to 1-2, in the same minute Pedro Henriques used his first technical timeout, and it was with that score that the teams went to the dressing rooms.

The second half again began with the visitors on top. In the 25th minute and 39 seconds, Sofia Carvalhinhos made it 1-3, and the game stayed on that course for more than ten minutes, with Joana Meira cautioned in the 34th minute and Pedro Henriques again calling his players over in the 36th.

Then everything unravelled. In the 36th minute and 36 seconds, Beatriz Sanheiro scored again to make it 1-4. Nine seconds later, in the 36th minute and 45 seconds, Inês Pombo reduced it to 2-4 and gave Torreense one last sign of life. It did not last: in the 37th minute and 5 seconds, Sanheiro made it 2-5 and, in the 38th minute and 1 second, scored again for 2-6, completing her four goals and closing the scoring. Between 1-4 and 2-6, eighty-five seconds passed and four goals fell.

Atlético CP won with the signature of a single player, and with numbers that speak for themselves: of the team's six goals, four were scored by Beatriz Sanheiro, and three of them came while the result was still open to debate. For SCU Torreense, above all, it was the failure to finish the first half with eleven players available: the sending off of goalkeeper Bruna Ferreira in the 9th minute shaped the rest of the match for a side that managed to reduce the deficit twice, through Ana Alves and Inês Pombo, without ever reaching a draw. In the standings, Atlético have 11 points in five rounds and remain unbeaten, with three wins and two draws; Torreense remain on 3 points and see their goal difference worsen, with nineteen goals conceded in five games.

Match Award: Beatriz Sanheiro (Atlético CP)

Four goals, the first in the 4th minute and the last three between the 36th and 38th. She opened the scoring, extended the gap when Torreense still believed, and closed the tally with two goals in under a minute. In a game that stood at 1-3 until close to the end, it was she who turned a hard-earned win into a rout, and more than half of the result is hers alone.

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