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Copa do Brasil Wrap: Santos, Botafogo progress

Having been held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their third-round clash a fortnight ago, Santos headed to CRAC's home ground knowing the Brazilian Serie C club would be a tough opponent on Wednesday.

But it did not take long for Santos to take control of the second leg with Gustavo Henrique cleverly volleying home from a free-kick in the ninth minute.

Henrique's goal gave Santos a 2-1 lead on aggregate and the visitors wrapped up victory in the 75th minute when Alan Santos ran onto a long pass over the top of CRAC's defence and his chip was deflected by the hosts' goalkeeper into the path of Leonardo Cittadini, who headed home.