Why Grêmio women will play São Paulo outside Porto Alegre | OneFootball

Grêmio’s women will host São Paulo in the Brasileirão Feminino quarter-final first leg at Alfredo Jaconi, home of Juventude, in Caxias do Sul on Saturday at 16:30, after the CBF released the detailed knockout schedule on Tuesday.

The club said the switch from Porto Alegre was driven by structural considerations and competition regulations.

They used Passo D'Areia, home of São José, in the first phase, but it fails the CBF’s minimum capacity for the latter stages, set at 10,000. The rule cannot be relaxed and the date could not be moved.

Arena do Grêmio was also ruled out, with the men’s side hosting Chapecoense on Sunday in the 25th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. With less than 24 hours between fixtures, and rain forecast for the weekend in Porto Alegre, the pitch would not recover adequately.

VAR operations also require appropriate infrastructure, which Alfredo Jaconi provides. The club highlighted the quality of its facilities and surface, and the strong Grêmio following in Caxias do Sul. The return is scheduled for the following Saturday at the same time, with the venue still to be confirmed.

Source: Globo.com

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