[Trending News] Vasco can guarantee a millionaire value, besides reassuring the climate in the CT

Vasco begins his career at the 2025 Brazilian Cup with a greater challenge compared to previous years. Unlike the last eight editions, since the first phase has been played in a single game, a draw will not be enough to guarantee the classification. The vacancy will only come in regular time, if the team led by Fábio Carille defeat União Rondonópolis-MT, this Tuesday, at 21:30, at Kleber Andrade Stadium, in Cariacica/ES.

From 2017, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) decided to abolish the penalty shootout in the first phase of the competition. With the highest ranked teams nationally acting as visitors, the entity believed this would be a way to make confrontations less unbalanced. The great zebras, however, were few in the period: only Cruzeiro (2024), Grêmio and Internacional (2022) and Botafogo (2018) were eliminated at the debut.

Cruz-Maltino has never experienced the earlier exit as possible in this format. On the other hand, it also had no easy life to move on on some occasions. And took advantage of the advantage of the draw on two occasions, against Caldense-MG (2021) and Juazeirense-BA (2019), being the club among the “12 great” that most benefited from the rule.

The group also formed by Atlético-MG, Botafogo, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, Palmeiras, Santos and Sao Paulo played 39 first phase games of the Brazilian Cup in the last eight seasons. In addition to the two of Vasco cited, another six ended in equality on the scoreboard.

Even having on Sunday the last and decisive round of the Carioca Championship, with classic against Botafogo to seek the classification to the semifinal, coach Fábio Carille related the best available for the duel against the team of Mato Grosso. However, there is still the expectation of the coach to save some of his main pieces.

Probable Vasco lineup

Leo Garden; Paulo Henrique (Puma Rodríguez), João Victor, Lucas Freitas (Maurício Lemos), Lucas Piton; Jair, Tchê Tchê, Paulinho, Coutinho, Zuccarello; Vegetti.

The classification is essential not only from the financial point of view – guarantees more than $ 1.8 million awards – but also to reassure the climate in CT Moacyr Barbosa. After a good start in the year, the Cruz-Maltino main team comes from four matches without winning, with two losses and two draws.