Milito reveals Atletico’s position on qualifying for the Brazilian Cup final

Focus on the semi-finals Brazil Cupthe athlete He will return to the field next Saturday (19) and face… Vasco da Gama (Sao Januario, Rio de Janeiro). The second leg is scheduled to take place at 6:30pm (Brasilia time) and deserves a place in the big decider.

Since they won the first match 2-1, in Arena MRV, Gallo will play for a draw (or a new win) to advance to the final. The Rio team, in turn, needs to beat its opponent by two or more goals to secure its place in regular time. First, the match will go to maximum penalties.

This Wednesday (16), after 1-1 draw with FortalezaIn the 30th round of the Brazilian Championship, coach Gabriel Milito revealed his team’s position in the weekend match, where he is playing as a guest:

“We have an advantage, a minimum advantage, but we will not go to Rio to play against Vasco to defend our advantage. We will play an intelligent match, but with the idea of winning,” the 44-year-old Argentine coach said.

“We cannot predict the result we achieved, we don’t like it, the players don’t like it. We will be smart, we know the advantage, but we know it is not enough and we know that we will have to play a very, very good game to eliminate Vasco and reach the final.”