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In a SPECTACULAR game, full of excitement and chances, Santos and Bahia drew 2-2 at Vila Belmiro, with goals from Thaciano and Diego Pituca for Peixe, with Erick and Luciano Juba scoring for Tricolor!
Guilherme received the pass at the edge of the area and hit it hard, sending the ball far away. Soon after, Santos changed: Guilherme was replaced by Gabriel Veron. And we will have another eight minutes of added time.
Bahia launched a counterattack, in a great passing move, where the ball went from left to right, until it returned to the left, where Luciano Juba took off towards the middle, taking defenders out to shoot low past Brazão, tying the match!
Yellow for Erick, for a strong foul on Soteldo in the attacking field. Santos continues to have possession and manages to prevent Bahia from playing, blocking the midfield, where little happens on the field at this moment.
Soteldo received the pass and crossed for the defense to clear, where Diego Pituca got the rebound and, with a first-time shot, hit it hard, in the left corner, low, sending the ball into the back of the goal, and receiving a yellow card for taking off his shirt while celebrating!
Both teams made changes. Santos left Tiquinho Soares and Gabriel Bontempo to make way for Deivid Washington and Diego Pituca. Bahia left Willian José to make way for Luciano Rodríguez, known as Lucho.
Yellow card for Soteldo, for complaining in the attacking field after a corner. Then Erick Pulga kicked hard, but was blocked by the defense, winning the corner, which was beaten for Erick Pulga to head and send the ball out.
Substitutions in Bahia: Rodrigo Nestor, Caio Alexandre and Ademir left for Kayky, Cauly and Jean Lucas. Shortly before, Thaciano received the cross and headed it, but it went wide, in yet another missed chance in the game.
Escobar received the pass on the left and crossed hard, with the ball deflecting and hitting Erick Pulga in the face. The referee went to the VAR (!!!), reviewed the play and the penalty was disallowed by the referee, keeping the score at 1-1 – and with two minutes of play lost after going to the VAR to see such a clear play.
Yellow card for Caio Alexandre, for a strong foul on Soteldo in midfield. Soon after, a yellow card was issued for Gil, for a foul in midfield as well. And shortly before that, Guilherme hit the ball hard inside the area, sending it over the goal.
Soteldo received the pass on the left, crossed into the area, where Thaciano tried to head the ball and it hit Guilherme, leaving Thaciano to hit it hard, into the right corner, for Ronaldo to deflect, with the ball going into the back of the net! And taking advantage of the opportunity: the two teams changed at half-time. Bahia’s Iago came off and Erick Pulga came on. Santos’ Barreal and Rollheiser came on and Thaciano and Soteldo scored the goal!
The teams return to the field and the ball is already rolling for the second half of the match between Santos and Bahia, at Vila Belmiro, with the score at 1-0 for Tricolor beating Peixe with a goal from Erick and all the highlights here on VAVEL!
With a goal from Erick, a beautiful goal by the way, Bahia goes into the break beating Santos away from home, adding the first three points in the 2025 Brasileirão, which is just beginning, in the second round, which ends in this match!
Erick received the pass up front and, just inside the box, shot past the goalkeeper, hitting the foot of the left post! And soon after, Tiquinho Soares received the pass on the left, controlled it and shot, but into Ronaldo’s hands!
João Schmidt receives a yellow card for a strong foul on the left. Luciano Juba takes the free kick in the area and Erick heads it hard, but to the right of the goal, wide, missing the chance to extend the lead once again!
Guilherme received the pass on the left, made by Rollheiser, controlled it and shot hard, but Ronaldo palmed it away for a corner, already beaten in the area for an attacking foul, giving possession back to Bahia once again.
Zé Ivaldo received the pass and hit it hard from a distance, sending it wide. For those who don’t know Baixada: there are several beaches near Santos. And Zé Ivaldo’s shot was so bad that he sent the ball into Cubatão, another beach in Baixada! Just before the game was stopped for treatment to Ronaldo, who is now back in the game.
Santos keeps up the pressure, going on the attack and trying to create danger in the attacking half. But even though they are losing the game, Santos does not create any danger, where we have a lively game, but where little happens at Vila Belmiro.
Santos, after conceding the goal, launched themselves even more into the attack to try to equalize, but they were unable to finish and still saw Bahia play with all the calm in the world, without any problems! And for information: it is raining A LOT at the moment in Vila.
Luciano Juba found the pass between the defenders for Erick, who took off to invade the area, dribble the goalkeeper and shoot low into the empty net, opening the score for the tricolor over Santos away from home, in Vila Belmiro!
William José received the pass in the area and, face to face with the goalkeeper, he shot hard, which Brazão saved! And soon after William José received the pass, dribbled and shot, but was blocked by the defense, in yet another missed chance.
Erick received Ademir’s cross and headed the ball hard, sending it over the goal, out, in Bahia’s first dangerous opportunity in today’s game at Vila. Both teams are attacking a lot at the start of the game!
The game started intensely. In a free kick at the edge of the area, Gabriel Bontempo took a shot and the ball hit the wall. Soon after, Rollheiser received a pass from Tiquinho and kicked hard, but sent the ball over the goal, out!
The players take to the pitch at Vila Belmiro and we already have the ball rolling for the first half of the match between Santos and Bahia, in the second round of the Brazilian Championship, with all the moves and emotions here on VAVEL!
And we have a game with many goals in this match in its history. Santos has scored 108 goals in history, with an average of 1.8 per game, while Bahia has scored 71 goals in history, totaling 1.18 goals per match, in which we can expect goals, in the plural.
At home, Santos has hosted Bahia in 29 matches, with 18 wins, four draws and seven defeats. In the Brasileirão, Peixe has hosted Tricolor in 22 matches, with 14 wins, three draws and five defeats only.
There have been 60 matches between the two teams in history, with 28 wins for Santos, 13 draws and 19 triumphs for Bahia. In the Brasileirão there have been 44 clashes, with 21 wins for Santos, eight draws and 15 triumphs for Bahia.
We now start broadcasting the match between Santos and Bahia, in this final of the second round of the Brazilian Championship, with the game taking place at Vila Belmiro! The ball will roll soon and you can follow all the action here on VAVEL!
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“We managed to do something very important, which was to take emotional control of the game. At the end of the first half, the opposing team was making a lot of bad passes, the opposing team and the spectators were angry. We went into the break with this emotional control. We knew we couldn’t count on that. The first message we gave to the players was that we had to enter the game with a lot of strength, especially in the first 15 minutes, to take advantage of the moment, as we had done at the end of the first half. It is true that one or two players had a little difficulty, I wouldn’t say physically, but they felt a lack of energy. Our opponents took advantage of that and did it very well. A situation with Vegetti, not on the first ball, where he provided the assist for the first goal, because he is a difficult player even when he is marked. But it was a mistake that led to the second ball. And then, on the free kick, where we really had a man to mark, and a player of Vegetti’s quality cannot just stand still in the penalty area like he did“.
Bahia, on the other hand, will be without Michel Araújo and Gabriel Xavier, both injured, and Everton Ribeiro, who is suspended. They will be playing today with: Ronaldo, Gilberto, Kanu, Santiago Mingo and Luciano Juba; Jean Lucas, Caio Alexandre and Rodrigo Nestor; Cauly, Erick Pulga and Lucho Rodríguez.
For today’s match, Santos will be without Neymar, Hyan, Aderlan, Zé Rafael and Souza, all injured, and will take to the field with: Gabriel Brazão, JP Chermont, Gil, Zé Ivaldo and Escobar; João Schmidt, Gabriel Bontempo and Barreal; Rollheiser, Soteldo and Tiquinho Soares.
Santos is in 17th place in the Brasileirão with no points after the first round, tied with Atlético-MG, Mirassol, Fluminense and Vitória. Bahia is in 12th place with one point, tied with Bragantino, Flamengo, Internacional, São Paulo, Sport and Palmeiras.
Bahia, in turn, has two draws and one win in their last games. On Wednesday (26), by 3-2, they won against Ceará, in the Copa do Nordeste, with goals from Luciano Rodríguez and Erick (2), while Fernandinho and Galeano scored. On Sunday (30), at home, the match was tied with Corinthians, with Gilberto opening the scoring and Héctor Hernández equalizing. And on Thursday (3), in the Libertadores, again at home, the match was tied with Internacional, with Jean Lucas opening the scoring and Valencia tying.
Santos comes into today with two losses and one win in their last games. On March 2, by 2-0, they won at home against Bragantino, with goals from Neymar and João Schmidt, in the quarterfinals of the Paulistão. And on the 9th, by 2-1, they lost in the semifinals to Corinthians, with goals from Yuri Alberto and Garro, while Tiquinho Soares scored. And on Sunday (30), by 2-1, away from home, they lost in a comeback against Vasco, with Barreal opening the scoring, Nuno Moreira tying and Vegetti turning the game around.
Santos x Bahia live face each other this Sunday (6), at Vila Belmiro, at 7:30 pm ET, for the Brazilian Championship. The confrontation is valid for the Matchweek 2 of the competition with broadcast here on VAVEL.
