Copa do Brasil: STJD sets judgment date on Corinthians and Vasco’s semi-final request

The clubs are against the change that postpones the return matches at the request of Flamengo and Atlético-MG due to FIFA data

THE Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) judge the Corinthians’ request on Friday 11th e Vasco for maintaining the calendar initially planned for the semi-finals of the Brazilian Cup. THE CBF accepted the request of Atlético-MG and Flamengo to postpone the matches from October 17th to the 19th and 20th of the same month.

The process was led by the Plenum, the highest instance of the STJD, for the session which will take place starting from 10.00 am. The speaker will be Maxwell Borges de Moura Vieira, vice-president of the Pleno. The CBF representative will be the competition director, Julio Avellar. Seven other cases will also be tried that day.

In support of the case of the Minas Gerais team there is also the fact that on the 20th, in the Brasileirão, the team will play against Fortaleza, which would mean that in less than six days three matches will be played, in three different cities, if the The Brazilian Cup was scheduled for the 17th. The president of Vasco, Pedrinho, specifies that the Cruz-Maltino team has already been forced to take the field in a similar situation.

With the change, Atlético-MG will play in Fortaleza, for the Brasileirão, on the 16th; in Rio, for the Copa do Brasil, on the 19th; and in Belo Horizonte, for the Libertadores, against River Plate, on the 22nd. There are three matches, in three cities, but within seven days.

CBF defends the semi-finals on 19 and 20 October

According to a letter published by the director of competitions of the CBF, Julio Avelar, “the general regulations provide that clubs, managers and athletes, when participating in competitions organized by the CBF, grant the body full powers to decide” on any problem and request that may arise. during the competitions”.

In the document, the director also states that he “has received approval from the holder of the broadcast rights to change the dates of the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil” and that the entity “wants to reproduce the successful experience by changing the matches in the final stages from the tournament to the weekend”, just as happened with the 2023 final.

Source: Terra

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