Unusual moment in Santos: he played with two more against Banfield and they asked not to attack!

It was enough for the Brazilian team with a tie to go through to the round of 16. Finally, Peixe equalized against Drill and advanced to the South American round.

Santos equalized 1-1 with Banfield, as a local, and was enough to qualify for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana. Beyond that, in the last minutes he experienced an unusual moment: I was playing with two more players and they asked not to attack!

The Brazilian team had an advantage after the expulsions of Jesús Dátolo and Gregorio Tanco. With the tie, the locals advanced to the next instance, despite the victory of Unión La Calera against Universidad Católica de Ecuador. So, from the bench they went into despair when they saw all those who had gone to the area in a corner in favor…

Saints vs. Banfield, for Copa Sudamericana: unusual situation for Santos players

The coaching staff and substitutes shouted from the bench, while also opening their sleeves! as if to hasten the end of the match. For its part, goalkeeper Joao Paulo approached the middle of the playing field to warn his teammates to come back.

Finally, the duel ended in a tie and Santos went to the round of 16 of the South American Cup with just enough: they finished as leader of Group C, with 11 points and the same goal difference as Unión La Calera, but advanced to the next instance for having one more goal in favor than the Chilean team (seven, against six). Banfield finished last, with 5 points.