The Brazilian under-20 team faced Argentina for the South American championship of the category and one of the biggest highlights was Andrey Santos. The 18-year-old defensive midfielder, trained by Vasco’s youth team, put in another great performance in the tournament and attracted the attention of international newspapers.
Andrey Santos, once again, was instrumental in Brazil’s victory. Against Argentina, the young man scored the second goal of the match, which ended with the score 3-1 in favor of the Brazilians. The good performance shown by the midfielder earned many compliments from the newspaper Inone of the leading Spanish periodicals.
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In Brazil’s last match in the U-20 South American Championship, the team beat Peru 3-0, again with a goal from Andrey Santos. After the match against Argentina, the Spanish coach compared the former Vasco player to Casemiro, who plays in the same position.
“The Brazilian number 5 dominated midfield with a prodigious physique and an extraordinary reading of the game,” writes the newspaper. “At 18 he has shown that he has the ability to play an important role in the ‘azzurri’ team in the coming years,” he added.
The Brazilian under-20 number 5 made his professional debut last season when he was promoted to Vasco’s main squad after playing in the São Paulo Junior Football Cup. In Gigante da Colina’s promotion campaign to the Brasileirão’s first division, Andrey Santos started 33 games and stood out, among other reasons, for his ability to play in different roles. In addition to being a defensive midfielder, he has also been used as a midfielder and also as an attacking midfielder.
The good season has aroused the interest of several clubs in Europe. Earlier this month, the midfielder was announced by Chelsea, having been bought for around 12.5 million euros, around R$70 million at current exchange rates.
Andrey Santos is expected to return to action on Wednesday, at 21:30 (Brasilia time), when Brazil face Colombia in the fourth round of the group stage of the Under-20 South American Championship. With the victory against Argentina, the Brazilian team qualification for the next stage of the tournament is already assured.
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