Santos wins women’s Libertadores.

If Santos’ fans are not so happy with the men’s team in the Brasileirão, the Santos’ ladies are giving fans total happiness: the team took home on Sunday the title for the women’s Libertadores Cup. This is the first edition of the tournament and Santos brought in big names such and Marta and Cristiane to help win the title. It obviously worked. Cristiane won most goals, scoring 15, and Marta was superb as always.

They beat Universidad Autónoma, from Paraguay, 9-0. Yes, you read it right, 9-0. Vila Belmiro was packed and fans could not ask for a better show. 14 thousand people showed up at the legendary stadium, a number higher than the average attendance that the men’s side has in the Brasileiro (about 8 thousand).

Santos finished the competition without losing a single match, scoring 43 goals and only taking 2. Like Pele turned Santos into the first Brazilian club to win the Libertadores in 1962, Marta did the same in the women’s version.

Well done!

Watch the goals: