Copa do Brasil 'decider': Juventude must pay São Paulo to use loan trio | OneFootball

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

This will be the third time in the history of the competition that Tricolor will face the team from Rio Grande do Sul. In the last encounter, in 2022, 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 on that occasion. The team was stopped in the semifinals of the cup that year.

Previously, in 2016, the teams met in the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil, with one win for each side. Tricolor lost at home 2-1 and won away from Morumbi 1-0. However, since the away goal ‘counted more’ and was a tiebreaker, Juventude ended up advancing to the next round. Now, in 2026, it will be the ‘decider’ between the teams in the knockout competition.

WILL THEY PAY FOR THEM?

And Juventude will have a problem to consider for the clash, as they have three Tricolor players on loan, and there is a fee to pay if they play against São Paulo.

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

If they decide 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 venues were also decided by a draw at the federation, and it was determined that São Paulo will play the first match at Morumbi, in front of their fans, and the decisive match away, 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 meet Juventude from Rio Grande do Sul.

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

The first match between São Paulo and Juventude will be on April 22 or 23, at Tricolor’s home, while the return match that will decide who advances will take place on May 13 or 14 in Caxias. The dates and times will be set by the CBF later. No, no concert 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.