WATCH: Andrey Santos dominate the midfield and score breakthrough goal to win the South American Championship with Brazil U20s.

• Andrey Santos captained the Brazil U20s team to win the CONMEBOL championship. 

• He finished as joint top goalscorer with 6 goals. 

The South American Under-20 Championships came to a conclusion on Sunday with Uruguay and Brazil disputing the title. The continent's other two slots in the World Cup at U20 level, taking place in Indonesia in May and June, had gone to hosts Colombia and Ecuador, and a big crowd gathered in Bogota to see who would be champions.

Brazil came into the final game of the CONMEBOL U20 Championship having already achieved the primary aim of the tournament, qualifying for this summer’s U20 World Cup. The top three from the final six-team group stage qualify, and Brazil were already assured of a place.

But top spot in the group was still on the line, and as fate would have it, they faced the other team in contention for it, Uruguay. Uruguay were actually top of the table coming in, with four wins from four, two points ahead of Brazil who had only managed a scoreless draw against Colombia last time out

And for 83 minutes, it looked like Uruguay just might pull it off, but then — who else? — Andrey Santos stepped up and nodded in yet another headed goal to send Brazil on their way. They would add a second in added-on time, but it was the young Chelsea loanee’s strike that decided the game.

Uruguay needed a draw. Brazil had to win -- and got it in the end, though it took a long time coming. The deadlock was finally broken six minutes before the end of normal time, and in the dying seconds Brazil added another on the counter-attack to complete a 2-0 victory that had an air of inevitability about it.

The team's captain and midfield powerhouse, Andre Santos has also developed the welcome habit of popping up in the opposition box to score, and this was the most important of all the goals he scored in the campaign. He dominated the midfield and was everywhere on the pitch. 

WATCH Andrey Santos' dominant midfield performance plus goal here: