Analysis: who stood out, what went well and what went wrong in Santos’ victory over Olimpia | Saints

Despite playing away from home, Peixe showed initiative and was not satisfied with Olimpia, so much so that he opened the scoring. Then, he could not resist the Paraguayan pressure and took his turn, but in the second half he got all three points. Sánchez, Marinho and Kaio Jorge scored the winning goals.

Now, Santos has isolated himself in the leadership of group G of the Libertadores, with 13 points, ahead of Defensa y Justicia, Olimpia and Delfín.

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Santos, even away from home, started the match in Paraguay over Olimpia. The pressure and the constant attempts to open the scoring paid for a penalty. Sánchez, after months without scoring, opened the scoring for Peixe.

Olympia, however, went on the attack. Dissatisfied with the partial defeat and under pressure to stay alive in the Libertadores, the Paraguayan team turned around in the first half.

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The owners of the house simply did not count on another night inspired by Marinho. At long distance, unpretentious, perhaps trying to cross into the area, Santos’ 11 jersey was drawn before the break.

In the second half, the Pez, even without much offensive power, was effective. Sánchez received a great shot inside the area and left Kaio Jorge face to face with the opposing goalkeeper. The forward stopped, dribbled and scored Santos’ third goal.

Kaio Jorge, Sánchez, Marinho and, mainly, João Paulo. The quartet, without a doubt, guaranteed the victory of Santos in Paraguay.

The forward, still a boy of only 18 years old, was once again more than a 9 jersey. Kaio Jorge left the area a lot, set up the game and scored the winning goal for Santos in the second half. In fact, with an enviable tranquility.

Sánchez and Marinho, more experienced, set the pace for Santos, especially in the first half, when the team led by coach Cuca tried to dominate Olimpia and stay in the attack field.

Now, João Paulo was the main standout of Santos in Paraguay. With several difficult saves, in submissions even from the small area, the Peixe goalkeeper secured the victory even under pressure from Olimpia in the final minutes.

Santos’ strategy of not settling just for the draw, which would lead to qualification, worked. Peixe, especially before opening the scoring, tried to play against Olimpia as if he were in Vila Belmiro. He occupied the attack field, opened the scoring and was only better because he could not maintain the “pressure”.

Santos entered the field 3-4-3 when he had the ball, to populate the midfield and be strong in creating the plays. Peixe also counted on the efficiency of Marinho, Soteldo and Kaio Jorge up front to get closer to the rival goal.

After being superior in the first minutes, Santos saw Olimpia grow. Then another point that worked tonight: aim. Peixe didn’t need many chances to score three goals and guarantee victory.

Santos lost practically all the balls from above. With tall forwards, Olimpia abused the centers in the area of ​​goalkeeper João Paulo, who had to perform miracles to avoid several goals from the Paraguayans.

The first, even with Santos leading, went after the vacancy of right-back Madson, who was selected as a defender, who lost time and saw Olimpia open the scoring. Virtually all the opportunities created by the Paraguayans were overlooked.

Santos enters the field again on Sunday, against Goiás, at 6.15pm (Brasilia), in Goiânia, for the Brazilian Championship.