Santos take the lead over Atlético-MG in the Copa Sul-Americana 🎥 | OneFootball

Santos took the lead in the race for a place in the Copa Sudamericana semifinals.

Peixe beat Atlético-MG in the first leg of the tie this Wednesday (9) at Vila Belmiro.

Gabigol did not find the net, but he was the standout performer of the match, providing the assists for the goals scored by William Arão and Christian Oliva.

The second leg will take place next Wednesday (14) at Arena MRV.

Watch the goals from the match below:

The match

The match at Vila Belmiro was evenly contested for most of the time.

But Santos were more efficient in attack and made it 1-0 after half an hour.

From a free-kick into the box, Gabigol headed the ball into place and William Arão finished into the net.

Santos’ top scorer stepped up again as the provider in the second half.

He played a lovely pass to Christian Oliva, who finished and beat goalkeeper Gabriel Delfim, who had already made excellent saves earlier to prevent Santos from scoring a second.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 MIGUEL SCHINCARIOL - AFP or licensors