In search of their third title in the Copinha, Palmeiras is classified for the next phase of the competition. Alviverde went to the 3rd and final game of the 1st phase, against Oeste (SP), as leader of Group 19, which is based in Barueri (SP).
The next phase of the Copinha is the round of 32. The competition’s knockout stage has six games until the cup.
Palmeiras: who will Alviverde take in the other phase of the Copinha?
Today, Palmeiras would face Reference FC, from São Paulo, in the next phase of the Copinha. The knockout schedule is pre-defined: the 1st place in Group 1 faces the 2nd in Group 2 and so on.
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Palmeiras will take on a team from Group 20. The leader of each group plays in the city where they played in the 1st phase. The 2nd place team will need to change headquarters.
Group 20, based in Embu das Artes (SP), will be defined this Saturday (11/01). The two classifieds are already known, and it remains to be seen who will come first and who will come in second place.
The leader is the traditional Sport Recife, which has 6 points and a +6 balance in two games. 2nd place goes to Reference FC, with 6 points and +2 balance in two games. Reference is from Embu das Artes, was founded in 2018 and qualifies as a company-club focused on training athletes.
Sport and Reference face each other at 3pm (Brasília time) this Saturday, with Sport having the advantage of a draw to finish as leader.
The other two teams in Group 20 are Cascavel, from Paraná, and Boavista, from Rio de Janeiro, both without points and already eliminated.
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