Out injured: Vasco lose player for Copa do Brasil clash with Botafogo | OneFootball

Vasco will have a significant absence for the most important match of the season. The defender Carlos Cuesta, recently signed, is out of the classic against Botafogo in the Copa do Brasil. The reason is a bureaucratic error: the club failed to complete the player's registration within the deadline set by the CBF for the quarter-final stage.

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Vasco did not complete the registration within CBF's deadline

The saga of signing the defender, which involved a dispute with Russian football, ended up delaying the final agreement. As a result, Vasco missed the deadline to include him in the list of players eligible to compete in this phase of the Copa do Brasil.

Although Cuesta's name is already regularized in the BID for the Brazilian Championship, the registration in the national cup follows a separate regulation, with specific deadlines for each phase.

Cuesta cannot play this match – Photo: Matheus Lima/CRVG

Other reinforcements, however, are eligible for the game

The setback in Cuesta's registration does not affect the other reinforcements. Both the defender Robert Renan and the attacking midfielder Matheus França were regularized in time. Therefore, both are available to Fernando Diniz and can be listed for the decisive classic.

With the inability to play in the knockout stage, Carlos Cuesta's debut with the Vasco jersey has a new probable date. He is expected to take the field for the first time on September 14, in the match against Ceará, at São Januário. The absence of their main defensive reinforcement in Thursday's "final" is, however, a hard blow to the club's planning.

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