Palmeiras beat Santos to take big Copa do Brasil advantage, watch 🎥

Palmeiras took a big step forward in the fight for a place in the Copa do Brasil semifinals.

Playing at home, Verdão won the derby against Santos 3-0 this Wednesday (26) in another inspired night from Flaco López.

Just like against Vasco last Sunday (23), the Argentine striker scored twice in the match.

Andreas Pereira also got on the scoresheet, in a game that could have ended with an even bigger advantage if Palmeiras had not missed incredible chances, especially in the second half.

Without Neymar, and with Gabigol only coming on at the start of the second half, Santos ended up producing little going forward.

The return leg takes place next Wednesday (2), at Vila Belmiro.

See the goals from the match below:

The first half did not feature many clear scoring chances for most of the time, despite Palmeiras dominating possession.

The game changed after the opening goal, scored by Flaco López.

The Argentine continued his excellent run with a shot from outside the box that slipped under Gabriel Brazão’s arm.

Palmeiras started creating more and managed to extend the lead before halftime.

Brazão parried a shot from Marlon Freitas, and the ball fell to Andreas Pereira to tap it into the net.

After the break, Palmeiras remained the better side and missed incredible chances to increase the lead through Giay and Maurício, who both shot wide in one-on-one situations with the Santos goalkeeper.

It was up to Flaco López to appear again and score the third. Giay floated the ball into the box and the striker headed it home.

After going 3-0 up, Palmeiras eased off, but Santos could not take advantage to cut the deficit.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.