🎥 Vasco steamroll Olimpia to top their Copa Sul-Americana group | OneFootball

Vasco finally "made its debut" in the 2026 Copa Sudamericana. 

It arrived for this Thursday's (30) clash in last place in Group G.

And now it is the group leader after a 3-0 win over Olimpia at São Januário.

A result that came after, for example, standout performances from Adson and Rojas.

Check out the match highlights below.

New face and well-deserved

Tchê Tchê was set to start, but was not fit enough and was replaced by Ramon Rique, one of Vasco's own academy products.

And the 18-year-old overflowed with personality and quality in his debut. 

Vasco took control of the game from the start.

The goal felt like a matter of time.

And it came with Puma Rodríguez finishing off a beautiful move (39'). 

Vasco came back from halftime without letting the tempo drop.

Or allowing Olimpia to "get into" the game.

Nuno Moreira pounced on the loose ball (after Spinelli hit the post) and doubled the lead (51').

Adson had not scored since August 2024.

He went through the ordeal of an injury and a complicated return to the pitch.

And he capped an already excellent performance by receiving the ball from Rojas and scoring the third (55'). 

Olimpia began to find more space against a Vasco side that no longer had the same intensity after the substitutions. 

It even had a penalty awarded before VAR overturned the on-field decision. 

 It troubled Jardim twice, but could not pull one back.

CRVG was vastly superior until scoring the third goal and celebrated its first win.

Standings situation 📊

Vasco moved to four points and, thanks to a positive goal difference of two, took over first place.

Audax Italiano and Olimpia have the same number of points, but a negative goal difference of one.

And Barracas Central has three.

Only the first-place team advances directly to the round of 16.

The runner-up will face a third-place team from the Libertadores group stage for a chance to stay alive in the tournament.

The next round will be next Wednesday (6) and will feature the following matches: Audax x Vasco and Barracas x Olimpia. 

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

📸 MAURO PIMENTEL - AFP or licensors