With Amazonas ahead, Santos faces an Amazonian team again after 10 years | brazilian series b

Santos faces Amaonas this Saturday (11), at 4pm (Brasília time), in the fourth round of the Brazilian Series B. The match will be Peixe’s reunion with a team from Amazonas after 10 years. It also marks the return to Arena da Amazônia, a stadium that, at the time, hosted the match against Princesa do Solimões, a month later, it was the venue for four World Cup games in 2014.

At the time, Princesa do Solimões, which is from the city of Manacapuru (68 kilometers from Manaus), chose to play at the stadium in the capital of Amazonas. Santos got the better of it and won 2-1, with goals from Alan Santos and Gabigol. The Amazon team scored with Branco. Then, on the 15th, they beat the Amazon team 4-2, in Vila Belmiro.

This time, the opponent will be Amazonas, a team with a team that completed 5 years on May 5th, but which is growing in Brazilian football. He won consecutive access to Series D and C of the Brasileirão and is competing in the Second Division for the first time. But it’s not a good time. Of the three games they played, they lost two and drew one.

The team is also in the Copa do Brasil. In the third phase, they held Flamengo at Maracanã and only lost 1-0, leaving the match open for the next 22nd, in Manaus.

Amazonas will be the São Paulo team’s fifth Amazon opponent. The list is completed by Fast Clube, Nacional, Rio Negro, in addition to Princesa do Solimões. The first time Santos played in Manaus was in 1968, when they faced Fast and Nacional, in friendly matches at the Ismael Benigno stadium, there were two victories with Pelé scoring in both games.

In the Brazilian Championship, Alvinegro faced Fast once again and Nacional another six times, with a two-two draw being the best result, achieved by Nacional in 1982, at the Vivaldo Lima stadium. Rio Negro faced Santos on four occasions, all in the Brasileirão, with the first clash taking place in 1973 and ending in a 1-1 draw.