This Thursday, the RB Bragantino faces Tacuary-PAR, in a match valid for the first round of the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana. The ball rolls at 9 pm (Brasília time), at the Defensores del Chaco Stadium, in Asuncion, Paraguay.
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Massa Bruta is already on Paraguayan soil for Thursday’s match against Tacuary, in the debut of the @SudamericanaBR and arrived in the capital Asunción with the right to the club’s anthem on the piano! Just take a look at how Braga’s trip was! 🎹💼#RedBullBragantino #VamosBra pic.twitter.com/I6Gs4xcJlX
— Red Bull Bragantino (@RedBullBraga) April 4, 2023
Bragantino is still an unknown in the season. After inconsistent performances in the Campeonato Paulista, the team starts its second participation in the Sul-Americana wanting to present a football that convinces the fans and threatens its opponents. With the departure of Artur, who was traded to Palmeiras, Massa Bruta lost one of its main players and it will be necessary to see how Pedro Caixinha’s charges will react to that.
However, the club from Bragança Paulista has been strengthening and, since March 31, announced the arrival of four players: forwards Eduardo Sasha, formerly of Atlético-MG, Henry Mosquera, coming from Envigado-COL, and Ignacio Laquintana, former Peñarol, in addition to defender Eduardo Santos, who arrives on loan from Slavia Praga, from the Czech Republic. There are already ten signings for 2023.
And this confrontation between gringos from Braga before the debut in @sudamericanabr 👀
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📸: Ari Ferreira#RedBullBragantino #VamosBra pic.twitter.com/ItzbwSjRM1
— Red Bull Bragantino (@RedBullBraga) April 4, 2023
RB Bragantino had already participated in the Copa Sudamericana in 2021, when it reached the final of the tournament against Athletico-PR, but was overcome by Hurricane and finished as runner-up in the competition.
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On the other hand, Tacuary is not having a good season. The team is the last placed of the tournament Opening of Paraguay, with only 5 points in 10 games. In the first stage of the South American, the Paraguayans only drew with General Caballero-PAR and advanced on penalties to the group stage of the competition. Thus, RB Bragantino should not have much difficulty in this Thursday’s match.
Both teams belong to Group C of the Sul-Americana and have, as opponents, Estudiantes-ARG and Oriente Petrolero-BOL.
Source: Gazetaesportiva

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