Neymar decisive as Santos beat Remo and climb the Brasileiro table | OneFootball

Santos defeated Remo 2-0 on Thursday night at Vila Belmiro, moved out of the relegation zone, and climbed the Brazilian Championship standings. The goals in the black-and-white side’s win were scored by Thaciano and Moisés, one in each half. Neymar played a decisive role with an assist and a brilliant pass in the build-up to the second goal.

Standings situation

With the result, Peixe earned its first win under coach Cuca and jumped to 12th place in the Brasileirão with 10 points. Remo, meanwhile, remains stuck at the bottom with six.

📋 Match summary

⚪ SANTOS 2 x 0 REMO 🔵

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship (Round 9) 🏟️ Venue: Vila Belmiro, in Santos (SP) 📅 Date: April 2, 2026 (Thursday) ⏰ Kick-off: 7 p.m. (Brasília time) 👥 Attendance: 12,242 fans 💰 Gate: R$ 850,094.99 🟨 Yellow cards: Zé Ricardo and Zé Welison (Remo); Gustavo Henrique, Thaciano, Rony and Neymar (Santos) 🟥 Red cards: None

Officiating

Goals:

⚪ Santos

Gabriel Brazão; Igor Vinícius, Lucas Veríssimo, Luan Peres and Escobar; Oliva (João Schmidt), Gustavo Henrique (Willian Arão) and Neymar; Barreal (Moisés), Rony (Robinho Jr.) and Thaciano (Bontempo). Coach: Cuca

🔵 Remo

Marcelo Rangel; Marcelinho, Tchamba, Marllon and Mayk; Zé Welison, Picco and Zé Ricardo (David Braga); Jajá (Yago Pikachu), Alef Manga (Diego Hernández) and Taliari (Poveda). Coach: Léo Condé

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How the match unfolded

The first half was full of effort and short on inspiration. On a poor night technically, Santos struggled to find space in Remo’s defense and posed virtually no threat to Marcelo Rangel’s goal in the opening 30 minutes.

In its first and only chance, Peixe opened the scoring. In the 39th minute, Neymar picked out a superb ball for Thaciano, who controlled it in the box and finished past Marcelo Rangel to bulge the net.

Second half

Remo wasted a golden chance to level the match nine minutes into the second half. Picco dispossessed Gustavo Henrique near the edge of the box and found himself one-on-one with goalkeeper Gabriel Brazão, but blasted it wide.

Santos responded in the 13th minute. Neymar burst forward through the middle and played it to Moisés, who broke into the box from the left. The forward hit a low shot across goal, but Marcelo Rangel made a good save.

Then, in the 36th minute, Neymar slipped the ball through to Escobar, who squared it to Moisés unmarked in the penalty area. He struck it first time, giving Marcelo Rangel no chance, and doubled the black-and-white side’s lead.

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