Santos draw at Internacional, remain in Brasileirão drop zone | OneFootball

Without Neymar, Santos drew 1-1 with Internacional on Monday at Beira-Rio, in a direct clash in the fight against relegation, during the 35th round of the Brazilian Championship. Alan Patrick opened the scoring for Colorado. Barreal leveled the score for Peixe.

With the result, Santos remained in the relegation zone, one point behind Vitória, the first team outside the Z4. With only three rounds left until the end of the Brasileirão, Peixe stays alive in the fight against relegation. Inter is also still threatened, in 15th place, just three points ahead of Santos in the standings.

Santos will play again next Friday at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) at Vila Belmiro against the already relegated Sport. The expectation is that Neymar will be available for this match after missing Monday's duel due to left knee pain. Internacional, on the other hand, will visit Vasco, also on Friday, at 7:30 PM, in São Januário.

Match Summary

INTERNACIONAL 1 x 1 SANTOS

 Competition: Brazilian Championship (35th round)  Location: Beira-Rio, in Porto Alegre (RS)  Date: November 24, 2025, Monday  Time: 9 PM (Brasília time)

 Yellow Cards: Mayke, Thaciano (Santos)  Red Cards: none.

Refereeing

Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda (ES) Assistants: Márcia Bezerra Lopes Caetano (RO) and Douglas Pagung (ES) VAR: Caio Max Augusto Vieira (GO)

Goals:

Internacional ⚽️Alan Patrick, at 19 minutes of the 1st half

Santos ⚽️Barreal, at 16 minutes of the 2nd half

 Internacional

Rochet; Aguirre (Bruno Henrique), Mercado, Vitão, and Bernabei; Bruno Gomes (Alan Benítez), Thiago Maia (Óscar Romero), Alan Rodríguez (Gustavo Prado), and Alan Patrick; Vitinho and Borré (Ricardo Mathias). Coach: Ramón Díaz.

Santos

Gabriel Brazão; Mayke, Adonis Frías, Luan Peres, and Escobar (Souza); Willian Arão, Victor Hugo (Barreal), and Zé Rafael (João Schmidt); Rollheiser (Bontempo), Robinho Jr. (Guilherme), and Thaciano. Coach: Juan Pablo Vojvoda.

The Match

Inter dominates the 1st half

The first half was completely dominated by Internacional. Driven by their fans, Colorado didn't take long to open the scoring. At 19 minutes, Alan Rodríguez made a lofted pass to Borré, who chested it down for Alan Patrick to finish first-time, leaving Gabriel Brazão with no chance.

Inter didn't settle with the lead and pressured Santos even more in search of a second goal. At 26 minutes, Alan Rodríguez received with freedom on the right, got rid of the marking, moved inside, and passed to Vitinho, who entered the area and shot across, but missed the target.

The Colorado blitz continued. Later, at 31 minutes, Thiago Maia went down the left and made a beautiful through pass to Vitinho, who went one-on-one with Gabriel Brazão but shot wide, wasting a great opportunity for Internacional.

Shortly after, it was Vitinho's turn to break away at speed, dribble past the defense, and shoot aiming for the top corner, hitting the crossbar. Alan Patrick followed up on the rebound but also hit the post before the ball deflected off Gabriel Brazão.

With changes, Santos equalizes

With Santos' poor performance in the first half, coach Juan Pablo Vojvoda decided to make changes at halftime, bringing on João Schmidt, Barreal, and Guilherme in place of Zé Rafael, Victor Hugo, and Robinho Jr., respectively.

And it was precisely two players who came on in the second half that starred in the play that resulted in Santos' equalizer. At 16 minutes, Guilherme reached the byline and crossed to the edge of the area for Barreal to chest down and strike hard into the corner, scoring a beautiful goal at Beira-Rio to level the match for Santos.

Santos still had the chance to turn the game around at 38 minutes when Bontempo made a good through pass to Thaciano, who shot first-time but sent it wide, having to settle for the draw in Porto Alegre.

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