Gazeta Esportiva.com
·15 April 2026
Down to nine, Vasco lose to Chilean side, winless in Sul-Americana

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·15 April 2026

Playing at São Januário, Vasco da Gama was beaten, coming from ahead, by Chile’s Audax Italiano, 2-1, this Tuesday. In the Group G clash, in the second round of the Copa Sudamericana, Cruzmaltino had JP and Carlos Cuesta sent off.
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Still without a win in the competition, Vasco has one point and sits at the bottom of the group. Audax Italiano, meanwhile, picked up its first three points and is in second place.
🏆 Competition: Copa Sudamericana – Matchday 2 (Group G) 🏟️ Venue: São Januário, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 📅 Date: April 14, 2026 (Tuesday) ⏰ Time: 9 p.m. (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: JP, Andrés Gómez and Hugo Moura (Vasco); Oliver Rojas, Marco Collao, Nicolás Aedo and Marcelo Ortíz (Audax Italiano) 🟥 Red cards: JP and Carlos Cuesta (Vasco)
Goals
Send-offs
Léo Jardim; Puma Rodríguez (Adson), Cuesta, Lucas Freitas, Lucas Piton; Hugo Moura, JP; Nuno Moreira (Paulo Henrique), Marino Hinestroza (Thiago Mendes), Brenner (Andrés Gómez) and Spinelli (David).
Coach: Renato Portaluppi
Thomás Ahumada; Rebolledo, Rojas (Guajardo), Ortiz, Daniel Piña, Esteban Matus (Aedo); Federico Mateos, Collao (Rodrigo Cabral), Troyansky (Monreal); Chiaverano (Diego Coelho) and Vadulli
Coach: Gustavo Lema
In the 34th minute, JP received his second yellow card for a foul on Michael Vadulli and left Vasco a man down. Still in the first half, Vasco opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Puma Rodríguez crossed into the box from the right, Claudio Spinelli tried to finish, and Brenner appeared at the far post to score.
In the second half, in the 17th minute, Franco Troyansky made an individual run down the right and crossed into the box for Vadulli, who showed up at the far post and, with a diving header, equalized for Audax Italiano. In the 37th minute, after a VAR review, the referee awarded a penalty for Carlos Cuesta’s foul on Troyansky and sent off the Vasco player. Troyansky himself took the spot kick and scored the goal that completed the Chilean comeback.
⚔️ Match: Vasco vs São Paulo 🏆 Competition: Brasileirão Série A – Matchday 12 📅 Date: April 18, 2026 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) 🏟️ Venue: São Januário Stadium
⚔️ Match: Huachipato vs Audax Italiano 🏆 Competition: Chilean Championship – Matchday 10 📅 Date: April 19, 2026 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 9:45 p.m. (Brasília time) 🏟️ Venue: Huachipato Stadium
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