Conmebol sets Sul-Americana schedule: São Paulo face longest trips | OneFootball

Conmebol officially announced this Friday (20th) the breakdown of the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana, setting the dates, times, and broadcasts for São Paulo’s matches in Group C.

This announcement ends uncertainty regarding the team’s logistics: the location of the match against Boston River, in Uruguay. There was doubt about using the small Campeones Olímpicos stadium in Florida, 91 km north of the capital Montevideo. The venue, with a capacity of about 5,000 people, hosted the match against Racing in the preliminary stage, even though it was below the minimum requirement of 7,500 seats.

For the group stage, however, this requirement rises to 10,000, making its use unfeasible. As a result, the match was confirmed for the Centenario, in the Uruguayan capital.

In total, São Paulo will travel about 17,000 kilometers throughout the group stage, counting round trips, a number boosted by the trip to Bogotá.

Even so, among the seven Brazilian clubs in the Sudamericana, Tricolor has the third shortest total route, behind Santos, with 16,000 kilometers, and Grêmio, with 9,400.

The announcement of the schedule also came with details about the broadcasts. SBT, which holds the rights to broadcast one match per round, always at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) on Tuesdays, chose to alternate São Paulo and Santos matches, since the contract prevents broadcasting the same team in consecutive rounds.

Thus, Tricolor’s debut against Boston River will be the only one with simultaneous broadcast on SBT and Paramount+. On the other two occasions when the club appears on broadcast TV, there will be a split with ESPN and Disney+.

The remaining three matches will be shown exclusively on Disney group platforms.

Another relevant point is the change in the tiebreaker rules. Starting this edition, head-to-head results become the first criterion in case of a tie on points, replacing goal difference. The number of points in matches between the tied teams will be decisive, followed by goal difference in those matches and goals scored, the latter in scenarios involving more than two teams. If the tie persists, general criteria come into play: goal difference, goals for, fewest red cards, then yellow cards, and finally, a draw.

BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Due to the scheduling of the group stages of the Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, the CBF announced yesterday the breakdown of the first two rounds of the Brazilian Championship after the FIFA break.

Since their first Sudamericana match is set for April 7th, a Tuesday, São Paulo will have to face Internacional on the preceding Wednesday, which is still part of the international break. Thus, there is a good chance that coach Roger Machado will not be able to count on Bobadilla and Gonzalo Tapia, who will be with their respective national teams.

The Paraguayan midfielder’s team will face Morocco the day before, in France, while Chile will play Finland two days earlier, but in a match that will take place in New Zealand.

CBF promises to announce the detailed schedule for eight more rounds of the Brasileirão next week, but is waiting for the draw for the Copa do Brasil round of 32, which is scheduled for Monday afternoon (23rd).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.