neymar was in Santos’ lineup when the club faced San Lorenzo at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, and the match in Buenos Aires finished level. The 19:00 Argentina time kickoff came in the third round of the Copa Sudamericana group stage, with San Lorenzo leading Group D and Santos chasing points after a difficult run.
For viewers in Argentina, the match aired on DSports on channels 610 and 1610 HD and was also available on DGO. That made the meeting easier to track from Buenos Aires as Neymar returned to Argentina, a trip that began Monday with a hotel visit and a stop at the Boca training ground before the game.
Pedro Bidegain and Group D
San Lorenzo carried the stronger position into the night. Gustavo Álvarez’s side had beaten Deportivo Cuenca 2-0 in its second group match after opening with a 1-1 draw against Recoleta in Paraguay, which left it on top of Group D going into the home date with Santos.
Santos arrived three points behind the leader and needed a cleaner result than the one it carried into Buenos Aires. Before this match, the team had drawn 2-2 with Bahia, lost to Fluminense, and drawn against Recoleta in the previous Sudamericana round.
Neymar Reaches Buenos Aires for Santos Fc's 1-Point Fight captured the buildup to a return that had already pulled attention across the city. Neymar had also visited Argentina in 2012 with Santos against Vélez Sarsfield in the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals, returned in 2015 for South American qualifiers at the Monumental, and had played four matches for Brazil in the 2011 Copa America before the quarterfinal exit to Paraguay.
Neymar, Cuca, and Santos
Neymar’s place in the lineup gave Santos its clearest route to change the match before kickoff. He was part of a side coached by Cuca that had to answer for its position in Group D as well as its form away from Buenos Aires.
That pressure sat beside the numbers. Santos came into the match in 17th place in the Brasileirao, and the group table left it trailing the pace set by San Lorenzo. Gabriel Barbosa and goalkeeper Gabriel Brazão were also part of the Santos story around the game, but Neymar remained the name that drew the strongest focus.
Neymar Available as San Lorenzo Vs Santos Heads Into Tuesday Clash reflected the central question before kickoff, and the answer was his presence in the Santos XI. At 34, he entered the match with eight previous games in Argentina on his record, along with one victory, five draws, two defeats, and two goals.
The draw left San Lorenzo with the cleaner position in the group and Santos still searching for the points it needed to steady a continental campaign that had already been shaky. The Buenos Aires trip had delivered the spotlight Neymar always brings in Argentina; the table still demanded a response from Santos after the final whistle.
