América Mineiro qualified, this Thursday, August 10, at the Neo Quimica Arena stadium in the town of Sao Paulo (Brazil), for the quarterfinals of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana after eliminating Red Bull on penalties 4-3 Bragantino, after drawing at 3 in the round of 16 second leg, after drawing at 1 in the first leg.
América was always trailing on the scoreboard and used a penalty goal in the last play of discount transformed by the Uruguayan Gonzalo Mastriani to go to the definition.
Sorriso put Bragantino ahead in minute 5, after a serious mistake by the visiting goalkeeper. In a few crazy minutes of discount in the first half, the visitor tied with Mastriani, although once again Sorriso put the locals ahead and Éder tied the game at two with which they reached the break.
In the second half, Léo Ortíz, with a great play, made it 3-2, until Mastriani, from a penalty, equalized in the last minute. In the penalty shootout, América was more successful and qualified for the quarterfinals, where they will face Fortaleza.
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Minute by minute of Bragantino vs. America Mineiro
Bragantino vs. America Mineiro: the preview
The first leg match played last week in Belo Horizonte ended tied 1-1 and Bragantino, playing at home, in this South American game has yet to know defeat. The club from the Red Bull group hopes to recover for the game Matheus Fernandes, Cipriano, Lucas Evangelista and Léo Ortiz, who left bitter in the victory over Coritiba (0-1) last weekend for the Brazilian Championship.
What time do Bragantino vs. America Mineiro
Peru: 7:00 pmColombia: 7:00 pmEcuador: 7:00 pmArgentina: 9:00 pmUruguay: 9:00 pmBrazil: 9:00 pmChile: 8:00 pmBolivia: 8:00 pmParaguay: 8:00 pmVenezuela: 8:00 pm pm
The Portuguese Pedro Caixinha, who is having an outstanding campaign with the São Paulo team, which is fifth in the league with 31 points, tested Anderlan in training on Tuesday in the position of Léo Ortiz, who has joined the Brazilian team .
In front, América is plagued with casualties, in the middle of a change of coach, and more concerned with the threat of relegation than with the Sudamericana.
Argentine coach Fabián Bustos, the team’s new coach, will accompany the team from the stands on Thursday, but assistant Diogo Giacomini will sit on the bench.
The previous coach, Vagner Mancini, was fired after last weekend’s defeat, 3-1 against Bahia, which kept América in last position in the Brazilian league with ten points.
Bustos, 54 years old and made official in office on Tuesday night, was already in Brazilian soccer at the helm of Santos, in 2022, and in America he will meet again with the Uruguayan Gonzalo Mastriani and the Argentinean Emmanuel Martínez, whom he led in Barcelona.
On which channels to watch Bragantino vs. America Mineiro
Perú: DIRECTV SportsColombia: DIRECTV SportsEcuador: DIRECTV SportsArgentina: DIRECTV SportsUruguay: DIRECTV SportsBrasil: DIRECTV SportsChile: DIRECTV SportsBolivia: DIRECTV SportsParaguay: DIRECTV SportsVenezuela: DIRECTV Sports
América has six players out for the match with Bragantino: Adyson, Dadá Belmonte, Danilo Avelar, Mikael and Ricardo Silva, all injured, and the Argentine defender Esteban Burgos, who is suspended.
Due to the competition regulations, which require stadiums with a minimum capacity of 20,000 spectators in the round of 16, Bragantino had to leave their Nabi Abi Chedid stadium, in the city of Bragança Paulista, and play at Corinthians in São Paulo .
The winner of the series will face fellow Brazilian Fortaleza in the quarterfinals, who eliminated Paraguay’s Libertad on Tuesday after a 1-1 draw in the second leg and a 2-1 aggregate score.
Bragantino vs. América Mineiro: possible alignments
Bragantino: Cleiton; Léo Ortiz (Anderlan), Nathan, Juninho Capixaba; Andrés Hurtado, Lucas Evangelista (Smile), Matheus Fernandes (Gustavinho), Bruninho, Luan Cândido; Eduardo Sasha and Thaigo Borbas. America: Lucas Pasinato; Lucas Kal, Éder Ferreira, Júlio César; Rodrigunho, Javier Mendez, Cascardo, Marlon Lopes; Juninho, Matheusinho and Renato Marques.
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