National champions clash, Sereias da Vila make Piauí bow in Copa do Brasil | OneFootball

The Sereias da Vila make their debut in the 2026 Copa do Brasil in an unprecedented clash with Atlético Piauiense. The match kicks off at 4 p.m. this Thursday (28), with the opponents hosting after the venue was determined by a CBF draw. The single-leg knockout match will mark the first game for Santos FC’s women’s team in Piauí.

The match is valid for the third round of the national competition and will take place at Estádio Municipal Lindolfo Monteiro, in Teresina, the state capital. On Wednesday morning (27), coach Marcelo Frigerio’s team already held a training session on Piauí soil, at Tiradentes’ training center.

Born in Santa Luzia, Maranhão, a neighboring state, Eudimilla celebrated the Sereias’ first game in Piauí and warned about the hot northeastern weather.

“Very happy to be here. It’s a state close to mine, and the weather is very different from what we’re used to in Santos. We believe it’s going to be a great match, and we’ve been working hard over the last few days. It will be a very difficult clash, they’re at home, but I hope we can perform our best, come away with a very good result, and move on to the next stage of the Copa do Brasil,” said the Sereias da Vila’s number 20.

With two Copa do Brasil titles in 2008 and 2009, Santos FC remains to this day the tournament’s most successful club, alongside São José. The clash against Atlético Piauiense also marks a meeting between two national champions from last season: the Sereias won the Brazilian Women’s Championship A2, while the home side claimed the first national title in the history of football in Piauí (men’s or women’s) by winning the Brazilian A3.

“We need to go in focused, knowing how difficult the match will be and that we’re in a completely different climate, in a stadium different from the ones we’re used to playing in. Their team deserves credit for winning the A3, and it will be a difficult clash, but I trust that we will perform and give our best in pursuit of qualification,” Eudimilla concluded.

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