In his first year without the eternal idol pelewho passed away on December 29, 2022, Santos came from the select group that had never been relegated in the Brazilian league, a privilege that now only they have Flamengo, São Paulo and Cuiabá, which premiered in 2021.
On a thrilling last day, which sparkled and in which relegation alternated between Santos during the ninety minutes of the matches, Bahia and Vasco da Gama, The team from the port of São Paulo ultimately came out on top.
Vasco da Gama, from the Argentinian coach Ramon Engel Diazdefeated the surprising Bragantino led by Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha 2-1 in Rio de Janeiro, who challenged for the title, but bowed out in the epilogue of the tournament and finished sixth.
While Bahía, which had arrived with relegation on its neck, defeated Atlético Mineiro, title candidate, 4-1 in Salvador and saved its stay in the first division.
Marinho, a former Santos player, opened the scoring for Fortaleza, Messias partially leveled the score for the home team.
In stoppage time, when goalkeeper João Ricardo had desperately attacked, Argentinian Juan Martín Lucero almost scored the winning goal for Fortaleza from midfield.
With the disappointment of their first relegation in history, The Santos fans invaded the fieldbut the police restrained the horde.
However, the riots moved to the Vila Belmiro Stadium area and angry fans destroyed some commercial buildings and set fire to at least two buses. several passenger carsThis is evident from a partial police report.
Source: El heraldo
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