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They have met five times in history since 1962. The first game between the two was friendly and the other four were official.
Barcelona Sporting Club and Santos Futebol Clube have met five times in history since 1962. The first game between the two was friendly and the other four were official, all for the Copa Libertadores de América. With Pelé, the undisputed greatest saints of all time, the one with that club’s unrepeatable golden age, he arrived in Guayaquil in 1962. And although it was a friendly match, the São Paulo team delivered authentic rip of universal football, including – in addition to the king of football – Zito, Coutinho, Pepe and Gilmar and other stars.
Santos FC vs. Barcelona SC: Date, TV channel and schedules for match day 1 of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores
Santos’ arrival was expected in EL UNIVERSO as “something special, extraordinary”. “The fans are delighted” with the presentation of “a star constellation” that “with a beautiful football has amazed the entire audience in the universe”. “It is led by Pelé, the greatest footballer the planet has ever produced.” “Finally”, Santos landed in Guayaquil on January 6, 1962 to play at the Modelo stadium 24 hours later for a “suitably reinforced Barcelona”.
On January 7, 1962, Barcelona matched Bonnard in the model; Herrera (Esteves), Lecaro, Macías; J. Merizalde (Zambrano), Reeves Patterson; Gando, B. Merizalde (Pinto), Cordero (Romero), Calderón (Altamirano), Cañarte (Navas). Santos formed with Laercio (Gilmar); Lima, Olavo, Decio; Zito (Getulio) Calvet (Formiga); Dorval (Tite) Mengalvio, Coutinho (Pagao), Pelé, Pepe.
A victory
With Santista goals from Zito and Pepe and a discount from Mario Cordero, they all went to rest (Brazilian advantage 2-1). But in the complement, Coutinho was unleashed and “made a show of effectiveness” with four goals. Vicente Lecaro defeated Gilmar on a penalty.
In 6-2 Pelé did not score, but the prestigious journalist Ricardo Chacón García stated in his column ‘Sports Premiums’, in EL UNIVERSO, that’ Pelé did not need to score goals, because his class manifested itself by playing for the. Amagues on each side, passing to teammates as if saying ‘this goal is yours’. Realizing the unrealizable, which does not appear to be a human trajectory ”.
Official games
In 2004 the Canaries and Santistas competed for the first time for the group stage in official alliances. They shared key 7 with Guaraní (Paraguay) and Jorge Wilstermann (Bolivia). At the time, Santos had Robinho, Diego and Elano as figures, who fooled the Santista torcedores at the beginning of the 21st century with reliving better times. But it was not possible and they soon emptied individually.
On March 3 they played in the Monumental stadium and the visitors won 3-1 in front of about 40,000 fans. Renato scored for Santos in the 43rd minute with a powerful left shot from about 30 yards, Basilio in the 49th with a shot from the goal and Robinho in the 82nd minute. Rodrigo Texeira received a 63 discount for Barcelona.
The newspaper reported that “the game started with an overwhelming Santos who showed from the first minute that he was on the way for victory and that he was not going to speculate against a rival who was shy and respected him too much.”
These were the formations: Barcelona: Cevallos; Carabali, Fleitas, Caicedo; George, Soledispa (Garrido), Tenorio, Chatruc (Escobar), Villegas (Gavica); Texeira, Kaviedes. DT: Victor Luna.
Santos: Doni; Paulo César, Álex, André Luis, Leo; Claiton, Elano (Lopes), Diego (Paulo Almeida), Renato; Basilio (Pereira), Robinho. DT: Emerson Leao.
The return game was played on March 11, 2004. Barcelona was beaten 1-0, but both teams advanced to the next round of the Libertadores. EL UNIVERSO reported that “Robinho took the ball and kept it under his shirt to celebrate. It happened in the 69th minute, seconds after he scored the only goal with which Santos from Brazil beat Barcelona 1-0 at the Vila Belmira stadium in Group 7 of the Copa Libertadores ”.
He added that “the game started in the right sector with defender Marco Aurelio ahead. There Robinho won the goal of Marcelo Fleitas and headed to the ground to beat José Francisco Cevallos ”.
Barcelona, historical
In 2017 the most important club tournament of South America again faced Barcelona and Santos and it was in the quarter finals. On September 13, things didn’t start well for the Canary Islands when they were equal to 1 with the Brazilians.
“Barcelona saved a draw at home against Brazilian Santos in the first leg for the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores. As soon as the second half of the match started, Bruno Henrique opened the score of the match in Santos’ favor. The attacker took advantage of David Braz’s header service and made it 1-0. Barcelona woke up slowly, but in the 79th minute the Uruguayan Jonatan Álvez scored the equalizer, ”the newspaper reported.
Prospects were not good, but on the return, Barcelona managed to revive its cup team status. On September 20, 2017, he visited Santos, in the Vila Belmiro stadium, where both teams will start their participation in the 2021 edition this Tuesday.
EL UNIVERSO said four years ago: “The Canary Club is once again among the top four in America by qualifying for the semifinals of the maximum continental tournament after a 19-year absence. He did it with a victory that is already one of the bright yellow chapters in history. He beat Santos, in Brazil, and yesterday took away the undefeated he held in the current edition of the cup.
Barcelona that captivates millions
This newspaper’s review continued on the thrilling triumph of the bullfight: the Barcelona of the heroic nights of the Copa Libertadores of the 70s, 80s and 90s has returned! The one with the memorable triumphs, the one with the epic matches, the one with the unforgettable goals – that not only scream, inside and outside the country, take their fans to the top of their lungs, but also with their souls – is back. The Barcelona that excites millions of fans for their starring role in international successes, the copera-lineage team that does not respect the trajectories or titles of opponents, returned last night to the Vila Belmiro stadium, where the legend of Pelé was born ”.
The location turned Vanderlei; Ferraz, Lucas Verissimo, David Braz, Zeca; Alison (Kayke), Leandro Donizete (Jean Motta), Vecchio, Copete; Bruno Henrique (Fabián Noguera), Ricardo Oliveira. For Barcelona, Guillermo Almada put Máximo Banguera; Pedro Pablo Velasco, Darío Aimar, Xavier Arreaga, Beder Caicedo; Marcos Caicedo (Érick Castillo), Gabriel Marques, Matías Oyola (Washington Vera), Damián Díaz; Ely Esterilla (José Ayoví), Jonatan Álvez. (D)