Players and youth staff hail first Copa do Brasil U15 | OneFootball

The first edition of the Under-15 Copa do Brasil, won by Internacional and with its final stage played at Granja Comary in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, received plenty of praise from players, coaches, and youth development representatives from the clubs. In all, 32 teams took part in the competition, which featured 68 matches and 271 goals.

Inter won the title on Saturday (August 1) by defeating Palmeiras 3-1 in a match attended by CBF president Samir Xaud. Forward Asafe, who scored one of Colorado’s goals in the final, ended the tournament as the top scorer alongside Palmeiras’ Gabriel Bueno, with 9 goals each.

The Under-15 Copa do Brasil, which began in late April, brought together clubs from all 26 states and the Federal District, with more than 600 registered players.

In a sign of the competition’s importance, senior national team coach Carlo Ancelotti was in Teresópolis to watch the semifinal stage. Afterwards, he met with the three men’s youth national team coaches: Guilherme Dalla Déa, of the Under-15s, Carlos Eduardo Patetuci, of the Under-17s, and Paulo Victor, of the Under-20s, in a new step in the integration work among Brazil’s national teams.

In Teresópolis, the CBF spoke with players, coaches, and youth development staff from the eight clubs that reached the quarterfinals: São Raimundo-RR, Atlético-GO, Paysandu-PA, Vitória-BA, Flamengo, Ceará, Palmeiras, and Internacional. All of them strongly praised the new competition.

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