Santos miss chance to close gap on leaders in 2-0 defeat
Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Santos' Lucas Verissimo and Fabio Santos in action with Atletico Mineiro's Romulo Otero REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos
BELO HORIZONTE (Reuters) - Santos missed a chance to close the gap on Brazilian league leaders Flamengo on Sunday after suffering a 2-0 Serie A defeat at Atletico Mineiro in Belo Horizonte.
Luan put the home side ahead in the second minute with a left-foot strike and then Leonardo Silva doubled their lead midway through the first half when he headed home a corner kick.
Third-placed Santos started the day 10 points behind leaders Flamengo and two behind second-place Palmeiras.
Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Santos' Sasha in action with Atletico Mineiro's Leonardo Silva REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos
Flamengo could stretch their lead when they play Fluminense in the Rio derby later on Sunday, while Palmeiras are away to Athletico Paranaense.
Atletico Mineiro are in 12th place with 35 points.
Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Santos' Yeferson Soteldo in action REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos
(Reporting by Andrew Downie, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Santos' Lucas Verissimo in action with Atletico Mineiro's Romulo Otero REUTERS/Cristiane MattosSoccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Atletico Mineiro's Fabio Santos in action REUTERS/Cristiane MattosSoccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Atletico Mineiro's Luan Paiva scores their first goal REUTERS/Cristiane MattosSoccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Atletico Mineiro v Santos - Raimundo Sampaio Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil - October 20, 2019 Atletico Mineiro's Romulo Otero in action with Santos' Yeferson Soteldo REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos
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