Santos lose to Ceará, first Vojvoda defeat, three from drop zone | OneFootball

Santos lost to Ceará, by 3 to 0, for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. Lucas Mugni, Pedro Henrique, and Fernando Sobral scored the goals for Vozão, this Sunday, in a match that took place at Arena Castelão.

The match featured a great highlight from goalkeeper Bruno Ferreira, who saved Vozão in dangerous chances from Peixe, who experienced the first defeat under the command of coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda.

Standings situation

The result leaves Peixe with 28 points, in the 16th position, three points from Vitória, the team that opens the relegation zone. Meanwhile, Ceará rises to the 10th position, with 34 points. Both teams return to the field only on October 15, after the Fifa date.

📋 Match summary

⚫⚪ CEARÁ 3X0 SANTOS ⚪⚫

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship (27th round) 🏟️ Venue: Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza (CE) 📅 Date: October 5, 2025 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: at 8:30 pm (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: Lourenço (Ceará); Igor Vinícius (Santos) 🟥 Red cards: none

Refereeing

Referee: Anderson Daronco (RS) Assistants: Maira Mastella Moreira (RS) and Thiago Henrique Neto Correa Farinha (RJ) VAR: Rafael Traci (SC)

Goals ⚽ Lucas Mugni, at 10′ of the 1st half (Ceará) ⚽ Pedro Henrique, at 20′ of the 2nd half (Ceará) ⚽ Fernando Sobral, at 48′ of the 2nd half (Ceará)

⚫⚪Ceará Bruno Ferreira; Fabiano, Marcos Victor, Willian Machado, Matheus Bahia; Dieguinho (Fernando Sobral), Lourenço (Richardson), Lucas Mugni (Vina) and Fernandinho (Pedro Henrique); Galeano (Aylon) and Pedro Raul. Coach: Léo Condé

⚪⚫Santos Brazão; Igor Vinícius (Caballero), Alexis Duarte, Adonis Frías and Escobar (Souza); João Schmidt, Tomás Rincón (Barreal) and Zé Rafael; Rollheiser (Taciano), Guilherme (Tiquinho Soares) and Lautaro Díaz. Coach: Juan Pablo Vojvoda

Ceará x Santos: how was the match?

Santos stumbles and falls behind the score

Ceará almost opened the scoring two minutes into the first half. Dieguinho took a long shot, the ball deflected off Schmidt and exploded on the crossbar. Then, Dieguinho tried again, Brazão fumbled and gave the fans a scare. At ten, Vozão took the lead. Matheus Bahia lifted the ball into the area, Pedro Raul deflected it with his head and Lucas Mugni shot for the goal. Brazão palmed it poorly and left the rebound for Ceará's number 10 to push into the back of the net.

At 18 minutes, Santos had the chance to equalize, with a great chance from Rollheiser, in a set-piece play. He took the free-kick suffered by Escobar directly to the goal and hit the crossbar. Around 30, Peixe advanced on the right with Igor Vinícius, who crossed into the area for Zé Rafael, who sent it over the goal. Three minutes later, Matheus Bahia shot from outside the area and hit the crossbar.

Santos attempts a reaction, but is stopped by good saves from Bruno Ferreira

Santos returned for the second half with only one change: Barreal in place of Rincón. Despite still having some difficulties in hurting Ceará's defense, Peixe managed to press Vozão a little more. At 13 minutes, the visitors wasted a chance to equalize. Zé Rafael activated Igor Vinícius, who found a good pass for Lautaro Díaz. The striker came face to face with Bruno Ferreira, but missed the shot. Shortly after, the goalkeeper saved a weak shot from Rollheiser.

If on one side, Santos couldn't take advantage of its chances, Ceará didn't forgive and extended the lead at 20 minutes. After a throw-in, Escobar couldn't make the cut and let Galeano go free on the right. He advanced, crossed into the area and found Pedro Henrique, who arrived free to inflate the net. Shortly after, Peixe tried to react and Bruno Ferreira saved a good shot from Souza. At 28, Souza appeared well on the left, shot and saw the goalkeeper deflect. Rollheiser tried a bicycle kick and was stopped by another save from Bruno Ferreira.

At 41 minutes, Pedro Henrique hit a ball on Brazão's crossbar. Santos responded quickly, but again ran into two great saves from Vozão's goalkeeper. Caballero shot and saw Bruno deflect. Lautaro got the rebound, shot for the goal and saw the goalkeeper save one more. In stoppage time, Sobral took advantage of the ball at the edge of the area and scored the third to close the score: 3 to 0.

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