📋 Vasco and Fluminense line-ups set for Copa do Brasil semi-final | OneFootball

This Thursday (11), Fluminense and Vasco face off at Maracanã at 11 p.m. (Brasília time), in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil semifinals.

The return match will be next Sunday (14), at 8:30 p.m. (Brasília time), once again at the “Maior do Mundo.”

The winner will face Cruzeiro or Corinthians in the tournament final, which takes place on December 17 and 21, with the second leg at Maracanã. 

The São Paulo team is ahead after defeating Raposa 1-0 at Mineirão, and only needs a draw in the next match, on Sunday (14), at 6 p.m. (Brasília time), at Neo Química Arena.

In the 2025 campaign, Cruz-Maltino got past União Rondonópolis (3 x 0), Nova Iguaçu (3 x 0), Operário-PR (1 x 1 and 1(7) x (6)1), CSA (0 x 0 and 3 x 1), and Botafogo (1 x 1 and 1(5) x (3)1).

Meanwhile, Tricolor das Laranjeiras eliminated Águia de Marabá (8 x 0), Caxias (2 x 1), Aparecidense (1 x 0 and 4 x 1), Internacional (2 x 1 and 1 x 1), and Bahia (0 x 1 and 2 x 0).

Compared to the last match (2 x 0 over Bahia, still for the Brasileirão), coach Luis Zubeldía only opted for Soteldo to come in for Canobbio in the Fluminense lineup.

For Vasco, coach Fernando Diniz fielded the reserves for the last round of the Brasileirão, when they ended up being thrashed 5 x 0 by Atlético-MG.

So, compared to the previous match against Mirassol (a 2 x 0 defeat), the coach chose to put only Pumita Rodríguez in place of the injured Lucas Piton.

📋 See Fluminense’s lineup

📋 See Vasco’s lineup

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