Volnei Feltes lights up Torreense's defeat to Sunderland

Volnei Feltes scored the best goal of the night, but Torreense still left the Torreense vs Sunderland match with a 1-2 defeat. His 37th-minute strike flew in near the top left corner, and it was the sort of moment that briefly had Torreense in control before Sunderland turned the game around.

Feltes' first-half strike

Feltes was Torreense's top-rated player at 8, which matched what the eye test said anyway. He found the top corner in the 37th minute after Torreense had made Sunderland work hard for everything, and the goal gave the Liga 2 side a lead they held until midway through the second half.

Carlos Simões, Torreense's assistant coach, told A Bola in comments translated from Portuguese: "We knew it was going to be a very difficult match. Very generally speaking, we can only be extremely proud of what Torreense did today. We are frustrated and sad about the defeat, but very proud. We were not playing against just any team and Sunderland were forced to go to the bench to bring on players to turn the result around."

That is the clearest sign Torreense gave Sunderland a proper contest. Simões' point about the bench is backed up by the way the game changed after the break, with Sunderland finding more control and more threat when they needed it.

Sunderland's late turnaround

Jules Ahoka equalised in the 67th minute, ending Torreense's lead and changing the tone of the match. Sunderland then kept pushing until Noah Sadiki decided it in the 90+3rd minute, turning a night that had belonged to Feltes into a comeback win for the Premier League side.

Régis Le Bris, speaking to A Bola in comments translated from Portuguese, said: "It was an important victory. We came in with a very young team, against a well-organised team that played in a low block. We fell behind with a fantastic goal, but in the second half it was different. We were able to be more incisive and reached the two goals that gave us the win."

The result leaves Feltes with the individual moment of the game and Torreense with very little else from it. For Sunderland, the late goals from Ahoka and Sadiki mean the comeback will be the headline, and for Torreense the best memory is still Feltes' 37th-minute finish.