Ramón Díaz’s Vasco was saved and Santos relegated for the first time with an unusual error by the goalkeeper

The last date of Brasileirao left everything behind. A large number of matches were played simultaneously to find out who was going to be the champion (Palmeiras had all the numbers and fulfilled) and those classified for the international tournaments, but lThe definition of the fourth descent was the one that ended up attracting all attention.

Three teams had a chance of losing the category: a three-time champion of the Copa Libertadores, Santoshe Vasco da Gama of Ramon Diaz and the Bay. The three wanted to avoid that damned 17th place in Brazilian football that would send them to Serie B along with América MG, Coritiba and Goias. Only one was going to do it.

And finally it was Santos. He was in the red zone for much of the night, but he was excited by the goal from Léo Ortiz, from Bragantino, who tied it for Vasco midway through the second half and made it difficult for Ramón’s team. However, they took the lead again with a goal from Serginho, shouted by many River fans who did not want to see his idol suffer.

And the blow of knock out For the Peixe it was the sacred cry of Juan Martin Lucero, the Argentine former Defensa y Justicia and Independiente who converted at the height of the central circle, taking advantage of a false start by goalkeeper Joao Paulo. In this way, the Santos who was two-time champion of America with Pelé in 1962 and 1963 and again champion of the Libertadores with Neymar in 2011, descends for the first time in its history.