How does a team come back from a historic loss? After suffering their worst home defeat in club history, Santos returned three days later at home and needed a great performance. For 75 minutes they got it, and then gutted out the remaining 15 minutes to hang on to pick up a 3-2 win over Puebla.
Santos was fortunate early on when a missed defensive assignment allowed Luis García to get the ball in the box and all alone, but a poor touch allowed Santos to recover and eventually clear the ball. Then at the other end Jair González nutmegged a defender and got some space, but his cross missed the mark and Harold Preciado’s attempt at a chilena missed.