SC Recife 0, Santos 3

SANTOS, Brazil (Interstat) — Santos opened its Carioca Série A campaign with a commanding 3-0 victory over Sport Recife on Friday, defying a pregame projection that had forecast a much tighter contest at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. The home side’s attack proved potent from the outset, dismantling a Sport Recife defense that had no answer for Santos’s coordinated pressure. The result immediately separated the two sides in the early season table, with Santos securing a winning start while Sport Recife was left searching for its first point. The breakthrough came in the 25th minute from the boot of star forward Neymar… Read more...