The Sudamericana will be the first of three international disputes to be played in the Uruguayan capital, in addition to the Libertadores and the women’s Libertadores.
Without major news in their payroll, Brazilians Athletico Paranaense and Red Bull Bragantino traveled to Montevideo on Wednesday, where on Saturday they will play the unique final of the South American Cup 2021.
The Furacao took off in the afternoon from the international airport in the city of Curitiba, in southern Brazil.
To fire the club dozens of followers arrived who went to say goodbye to the campus led by Alberto Valentim.
The red and black they summoned thirty players, among them experienced men like Nikao, Thiago Heleno or the Uruguayan David Terans, to try to win his second title in the South American, after the one obtained in 2018.
“We are totally focused on looking for that title,” said Valentim, who took over the reins of the team after the departure of Portuguese Antonio Oliveira in September.
For his part, the paulista Red Bull Bragantino He traveled earlier to the Uruguayan capital to play his first international final.
With midfielders Ramires and Lucas Evangelista between cotton wool, the coach Mauricio Barbieri commanded a legion of footballers in which the defender Léo Ortiz, the Argentine winger Tomás Cuello and the forwards Artur and Ytalo stand out.
“We have full conditions to go there and obtain a positive result”said the attacker Alerrandro.
Both teams lost their last matches, on Tuesday, for matchday 33 of the Brasileirao. Paranaense fell 1-0 to leader Atlético Mineiro in Curitiba, while Bragantino was beaten 3-0 by Gremio in Porto Alegre.
As he Furacao, eleventh in the championship in the absence of the rest of the day, as the Massa Bruta, fourth, alternates were lined up.
The South American final will be the first of the three international disputes that will take place in Montevideo this and next weekend.
On Saturday, at the legendary Centenario Stadium, Paranaense and Bragantino will fight for the final of the South American and a day later, in the Gran Parque Central, Corinthians and the Colombians from Independiente Santa Fe will define the winners of the Copa Libertadores Femenina.
On Saturday 27, in the Centennial, Flamengo and Palmeiras will play the final of the Libertadores, consolidating the Brazilian dominance in the main club tournaments in the region. (D)
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