Copa Verde: in Belém, Paysandu receives Goiás in the first leg – News of Brazil
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The title of the 10th edition of the Copa Verde begins to be decided this Wednesday night (17) with the unprecedented confrontation between the three-time champion Paysandu and Goiás, at Mangueirão, in Belém, a stadium reopened last month after renovation. The ball rolls from 20:00 on the first game of the final, and the last one will be on May 31, in Goiânia.
In addition to the prize of R$ 70 million, the winning team will guarantee its presence in the third phase of the Copa do Brasil next year. The tournament started in February this year, with 24 clubs from the North and Midwest regions, in addition to teams from Espírito Santo.
The first duel of the final will put teams with different realities face to face. While Papão competes in the third division, Esmeraldino is in the elite of Brazilian football. Despite the differences, Paysandu is the biggest champion of the Copa Verde, along with Cuiabá. The club from Pará lifted the cup in 2016, 2018 and last year. Alviverde is looking for its first title in the competition. Two decades have gone by since Goiás won the defunct Centro-Oeste Cup three times in a row (from 2000 to 2001).
To reach tonight’s final, Alviverde overcame União Rondonópolis in the round of 16 and then beat Brasiliense and Cuiabá, always with home and away games. Paysandu, on the other hand, left behind Real Ariquemes, Princesa do Solimões and in the semifinal they defeated arch-rivals Remo.
Goiás, commanded by coach Emerson Ávila, arrives at the match with high morale, after having beaten Botafogo, leader of the Brasileirão, by 2-1, on Sunday (14). Papão, coach Marquinhos Santos, suffered a rout (5-0) against Ypiranga, last Thursday (11), for the third round of Série C.
The Copa Verde regulations do not have an away goal criterion in the final. If there is a tie on the aggregate score (sum of the results of the home and away games) the definition of the title will take place on penalties.
Source: Brazil Agency
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