Santos beat Atletico Paranaense at Copa Libertadores
Thursday - July 6, 2017 4:22 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Rio de Janeiro July 6 (IANS) Kayke Moreno scored twice as Santos beat Atletico Paranaense 3-2 in the first leg of their all-Brazilian Copa Libertadores round of 16 clash here.
Midfielder Nikao on Wednesday opened the scoring for Atletico before goals to Kayke and Bruno Henrique gave the visitors a 2-1 lead.
Kayke netted again just after the hour mark and then Ederson pulled a late goal back for the hosts.
The return leg will be played at Santos Vila Belmiro stadium on August 10.
In other matches on Wednesday Ecuador s Barcelona de Guayaquil won 1-0 at home to Palmeiras of Brazil and Bolivia s Jorge Wilstermann secured a 1-0 home victory over Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro.
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