On the night of this day, Friday the 28th. Santos In sports, strength is measured Villa BelmiroIn a match held in the 36th round of the Brazilian League. Even playing on sacrifice, Neymar was the highlight of the match and was the one who opened the scoring. Lucas calagainst , and Joao Schmidt They scored the other goals that secured a 3-0 victory for the home team.
With this result, Pixie moved out of the relegation zone to occupy fifteenth place with 41 points. As for Leao da Ilha, their relegation has already been arranged and they are in last place in the championship with only 17 points.
Now, Santos returns to the field next Wednesday, the third only, at 7:30 pm (Brasilia time), where they will visit Juventude at 7:30 pm (Brasilia time). Alfredo Jaconi By brasileirao. The sport is now preparing for the confrontation against Bahia in Arena Fonte Novaalso on Wednesday at 8 p.m., for the National League.
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Santos controlled the match from the beginning, and the chances accumulated at a good rate Souza and William. The pressure turned into a goal in the 26th minute when Guilherme counterattacked and went out Neymar In the region. Despite admitting to a problem with his left knee, player No. 10 succeeded in reducing the score and opening the scoring.
Unable to respond strongly, Sport only felt fear on rare counter-attacks. Santos continued its advantage and expansion in the 37th minute: after he executed a corner kick Barreal, Willian Aarau I went against this post, Thayer He tried to get away and hit the ball Lucas calinconsistent with the goal itself.
Santos maintained its dominance in the second half, controlling the ball and pushing Sport into the defense line. Neymar continued to participate, distribute passes and shoot, and the pressure turned into a goal in the 22nd minute: in a corner kick taken by number 10, Joao Schmidt appeared in the small area to test and increase the lead.
Santos still had a penalty awarded and then disallowed by VAR, while Neymar continued to make good play, including being exposed by a cross shot at the end. And before the final whistle, Robinho Junior and Lautaro They also had good opportunities to score the fourth goal.