(EFE) – Santos won those matches 3-0 against Boca Juniors in the second leg of the CONMEBOL Libertadores semifinals and in the complex towards the final that will be played on January 30 in Rio de Janeiro with the Brazilian Palmeiras. , just one day before being eliminated in River Plate.
Diego Pituca, Yeferson Soteldo from Venezuela and Lucas Braga the victory.
El Santos llega a su quinta final del torneo que conquistó en 1962, 1963 y 2011.
In the first of the game, in the first minute, Santos had its first punishment with a backhand from the striker Marinho who found himself on the vertical of the goal defended by Esteban Andrada and the same attacker caused concern 3 minutes later.
Diego Pituca, en una combinación con Soteldo, aprovechó a los quince minutos una ventaja concedida por el árbitro colombiano Wilmar Roldán tras una mano en el área del defensa visitante Lisandro López.
With the sale, Santos did avoid and Soteldo, Kaio Jorge, Lucas Veríssimo and Pará looked up high for the space quotas, but the visitors, more with grit than technique, also came out for the impaté and with the experienced Carlos Tevez, Franco Soldano and the Colombian Sebastián Villa.
Before the end of the first half, after a favorable period for Boca, Santos had a few more opportunities to increase with Marinho, Kaio Jorge, Lucas Braga and, again, Soteldo.
At the time, the visiting coach Miguel Ángel Russo filmed some cards, but Cuca’s instructions complicated everything, first with the incisive Marinho and then, in the 48th minute, with Soteldo, who recovered the ball and with impeccable definition boosted the partial. 2-0.
When Boca began to take advantage of the second goal on the counterattack, Santos scored the third in five minutes with Lucas Braga, in a previous attack by Marinho, the top scorer in the Brazilian League.
Con el 3-0, pero con tiempo suficiente de una hazaña, el Boca intentó descontar, casi siempre en jugadas con participación del incansable Tévez y Villa.
However, the opportunity manifested itself more in the second period, after the blows, for Marinho for 73 minutes. The visitors won through Madson and Kaio Jorge, before the final, they also came close to checking the box.