Santos fans plan corredor de fogo for Copa do Brasil tie with Palmeiras | OneFootball

Santos supporters are preparing a corredor de fogo to back the team in their Copa do Brasil tie with Palmeiras. The first leg is on 26 August at 21:30 at Nubank Park with home fans only, the return is on 2 September at 21:30 at Vila Belmiro with Santos fans.

According to Diario Do Peixe, the page ‘Organição 1912’ is raising funds to buy flares, fireworks and related materials for the second leg. Donation details were shared via Pix.

The target is R$ 15,000 and, as of Wednesday 12, only 7% had been reached.

Beyond the clássico billing, the rivalry runs deep in the Copa do Brasil. Santos were runners-up to Palmeiras on penalties in the 2015 final. The clubs have met in 12 knockout ties.

They faced off in the Brasileirão semi-finals in 1964 and 1965, and the Rio-São Paulo semi-final in 1997. In the Copa do Brasil they met in the 1998 semi-final and the 2015 final. They also contested the 2020 Libertadores final.

In the Paulistão, meetings came in the semi-finals in 1999, 2000, 2009, 2016 and 2018, the quarter-finals in 2013, and the finals in 2015 and 2024.

Santos advanced in eight ties, in 1964 and 1965 in the Brasileiro, 1997 in the Rio-São Paulo, and in the Paulistão in 2000, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Source: Diario Do Peixe

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