📋 Operário and Fluminense named for 1st Copa do Brasil clash 🇧🇷

It’s Copa do Brasil night for Operário and Fluminense.

The teams will face off starting at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time).

It is the first leg of the competition’s fifth round.

And Germano Krüger will be the stage.

Matheus Delgado Candançan (SP) will referee the match.

Amazon Prime will broadcast it.

The return leg will be on May 12 at the Maracanã.

Operário Ferroviário 👻

The reigning two-time Paraná state champion is coming off a loss to Vila Nova in Série B — a result that ended its long 19-match unbeaten run.

The team currently sits seventh in the competition with eight points after five rounds. Vila itself is on top with 11.

It eliminated Betim, Capital FC, and Londrina to reach the current stage of the Copa do Brasil.

One of the team’s hopes lies in its home advantage, as it is still unbeaten in Ponta Grossa this season. It has five wins and six draws.

Luizinho Lopes welcomed back Índio, who had been serving a suspension.

Pablo was doubtful, but he was included in the squad.

However, he starts on the bench.

Tricolor ended its winless run by beating Santos at Vila Belmiro.

The result kept the team in the Brasileirão top four.

Zubeldía rested Savarino and Bernal — neither of them even traveled.

The big news is Millán’s debut. He was signed to compete for a starting spot with Freytes and had not yet been given a chance.

He will play alongside Ignácio. Samuel Xavier and Renê return to the starting lineup.

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