Santos beats Bragantino and reaches the final of the Campeonato Paulista

Santos defeated Bragantino 3-1, on Wednesday night (27) in Itaquera, to guarantee qualification for the final of the Campeonato Paulista. In this way, Peixe returns to a state championship decision after an eight-year hiatus.

Now the Vila Belmiro team awaits the other semi-final to find out their opponent in the Paulista final. Palmeiras and Novorizontino will play for the other spot in the decision starting at 9:35 pm (Brasília time) next Thursday (28) at Allianz Parque.

Santos’ victory was built on goals from Giuliano, Guilherme and Joaquim, while Eduardo Sasha scored the goal of honor for Massa Bruta.

Quarterfinals of the Northeast Cup

This Wednesday night was also the time to define the eight teams classified for the quarter-finals of the Copa do Nordeste. In Group A, Sport advanced (after a 3-0 victory over Juazeirense), CRB (which beat Altos 2-0), Botafogo-PB (which beat Bahia 4-0) and Ceará (which beat Itabaiana 2-1).

In Group B, Bahia (who had secured their place in advance), Fortaleza (who lost 3-2 to Maranhão despite playing at Castelão), Altos and Náutico (despite a 1-0 defeat) qualified. for América-RN).

In the quarterfinals, Sport will face Ceará, Fortaleza will face Altos, Bahia will face Náutico and CRB and will play against Botafogo-PB.