Copa 🇧🇷: Grêmio line-up set to chase comeback against CSA and reach last 16
Grêmio returns to the field this Tuesday (20), at 21:30 (Brasília time), when they host CSA, at Arena, in Porto Alegre, for the return match of the third phase of the 2025 Copa do Brasil.
As they lost the first leg at Estádio Rei Pelé, in Alagoas, 3-2, Tricolor needs a two-goal victory to qualify for the round of 16.
In the event of a one-goal win for the Gauchos, the spot will be decided on penalties. Azulão, on the other hand, only needs a draw to advance to the next phase.
In Grêmio, coach Mano Menezes opted to rotate the squad and kept only Thiago Volpi, Wagner Leonardo, Dodi, Villasanti, and Braithwaite among those who started in the last game (2-1 against São Paulo, for the Brasileirão).📋 ESCALAÇíO DO IMORTAL![#PraTodosVerem]1 Tiago Volpi3 Wagner Leonardo4 Kannemann (capitão)9 Amuzu11 Monsalve17 Dodi20 Villasanti22 Braithwaite23 Marlon35 Ronald99 Cristian OliveraRESERVAS12 Gabriel Grando, 7 Pavon, 14 Nathan, 15 Camilo, 16 Aravena, 18 João Pedro,… pic.twitter.com/GMA7GVysAq
— Grêmio FBPA (@Gremio) May 20, 2025
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