In Copa do Brasil decider, Juventude must pay São Paulo to use loan trio | OneFootball

The draw held on Monday afternoon (23) at the CBF determined São Paulo and Juventude as opponents in the 5th round of the Copa do Brasil, which will begin at the end of next April.

It will be the third time in the competition’s history that Tricolor will face the club from Rio Grande do Sul. The last time was in 2022, when São Paulo eliminated Juventude with a 2-2 draw in the South and a 2-0 win at Morumbi to advance to the round of 16. The team was knocked out in the semifinals of the cup that year.

Before that, in 2016, the teams met in the Copa do Brasil round of 16, with one win for each side. Tricolor lost at home 2-1 and won away from Morumbi 1-0. However, since away goals “counted more” and were the tiebreaker, Juventude ended up advancing. Now, in 2026, it will be the tiebreaker between the two teams in the knockout competition.

WILL THEY PAY FOR THEM?

And Juventude will have a problem to think about in this matchup, since they have three Tricolor players on loan, and a penalty fee must be paid if they play against São Paulo.

Goalkeeper Jandrei, left back Patryck, both starters, as well as Senegalese defensive midfielder Iba Ly, are on loan from Tricolor, with a R$ 1 million clause if they play against São Paulo.

If Juventude decides to use all three players in both matches, they will have to pay R$ 6 million to Tricolor, which is unlikely to happen.

DATES AND VENUES

The home venues were also decided by draw at the federation, and it was determined that São Paulo will play the first match at Morumbi, in front of its fans, and the decisive match away from home at Alfredo Jaconi Stadium, in Caxias do Sul. This will be the third time in the last 11 years of the competition that Tricolor will face Juventude from Rio Grande do Sul.

With this change in the competition format, Série A teams have fewer dates in the Copa do Brasil, easing the schedule a bit for the country’s top clubs. Other new features will be a single-match final to decide the champion at the end of the year, as well as Copa Libertadores spots for the 1st- and 2nd-place finishers for next year’s tournament.

The first match between São Paulo and Juventude will be on April 22 or 23, at Tricolor’s home ground, while the return leg that will decide who advances will take place on May 13 or 14 in Caxias. The dates and kickoff times will be set later by the CBF. No, no show at Morumbi will get in the way this time. The next one will only be on April 30.

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