The Brazilian Cup is a national men’s knockout football cup hosted by the Brazilian Football Association. It was founded in 1989. Initially, only 32 teams participated. Later, after continuous expansion, today’s participating teams have usually reached 91 teams.

team, which shows the intensity of competition.

These 91 participating teams need to participate in a total of 8 rounds of competition. 80 teams participate in the first 4 rounds of competition to determine 5 top 16 places. The first two rounds are single-game deciders. If there is a tie in the first round,

The football association club with the highest ranking will advance; if there is a tie in the second round, a penalty shootout will be conducted directly. In the subsequent rounds, except for the finals, a home and away double-round elimination system will be used. If the two teams tie, the number of away goals will be used. If

If the number of away goals is the same, a penalty shootout will be conducted directly. The final format is the same as the second round. If there is a tie during regular time, a penalty shootout will be conducted directly to determine the champion.

There are a total of forty matches in the first round of the Brazilian Cup. In order to avoid some important events, the time span between each match is very large. In this round of matches alone, the game from the first to the last match is almost the same.

In one and a half months, some teams may even have started the second round of competition, while other teams have not yet completed the first round.

Mosoro is a town in Rio Grande do Norte state in Brazil, with a total area of ​​2,110.207 square kilometers and a total population of 229,787 people. It is also the second largest city in the state. Getting here from Sao Paulo is equivalent to going from the southeastern corner of Brazil to the northeastern corner.

This is the first time we have traveled so far over a thousand kilometers, so airplanes have become an inevitable means of transportation. It took more than 4 hours to fly from Sao Paulo to the state city here, and then rented a local bus to continue the journey.

The whole journey was really stressful for everyone.

The climate here is hot all year round and it is one of the hottest cities in Brazil. The maximum temperature at noon today even reached 34 degrees, which is equivalent to entering the tropics from the subtropics.

"I didn't expect it to be so hot here. I changed from the small T-shirt I wore at the beginning to short-sleeved shirts." Dolsa couldn't help complaining about the hot weather.

But as a girl, that's all she can do, and look at the men who are basically wearing singlets and vests. Thanks to the powerful air conditioning system in the car, the comfort level is not bad at the moment.

"Who says it's not? Thank you for the existence of airplanes. Otherwise, if we walked on the ground, we would probably have exhausted our fighting power by reaching their home court without having to fight. In the past, when we played games in Sao Paulo State, we couldn't understand what a home court is.

I really understand the advantages now." Zhang Yuning also shouted that in such a hot day and traveling long distances, physical strength will be exhausted faster for tall people.

"Yes, it is more than two thousand kilometers, which is almost equal to the distance from Shanghai in our country to Yumen Pass. Brazil really cannot be underestimated. It is indeed the fifth largest country in the world. Of course, this home field advantage is also mutual.

Yes, it will be the same the next time they come to visit us." Hu Jinghang said while gesturing the distance.

"You calculated well. Although my condition is not the best, my opponent is relatively weak, so I still have to try to get three points this time. If there is a chance, I will also score a few more away goals, so that when I return to the home court

We will feel a lot more relaxed and can spare more energy to prepare for the finals. Have a good rest tonight, don't make any extra trouble, recharge yourself and go all out to face tomorrow's battle." Li Zhao cheered.

Speaking of which, although the Portiga team has a great name, its overall strength and status are not top-notch, and it has not even participated in the national league. It is currently only a team in the Brazilian Potiga League, but

Even in this level of league, the ranking is low.

At 8:30 p.m. on April 2, the Portuguese away match against Portiga officially started. The players were somewhat affected by their condition, and coupled with the discomfort of the venue, the whole game was somewhat stumbling.

. However, the gap in overall strength between the two teams still equalizes the disadvantages in this aspect.

In the end, the Portuguese team passed smoothly. The goals for the team were Henrik and Wang Ziyi. They opened the opponent's door with a set kick and a header respectively, allowing the Portuguese to win with a score of 2-1.

After this game. Although judging from the result, we only won the opponent by one goal, the advantage of two away goals is still very big. The next time the two teams meet will have to wait until Portiga on April 9th.

Come to challenge. Next, they can finally be free to concentrate on facing the finals of the Sao Paulo State Championship.

Before the match between Botiga and the Portuguese, most of the first round of the first round had ended, and even the two matches of the second round had just ended today. One of the teams that advanced was

Their old acquaintance Palmeiras, but this has little to do with the Portuguese, and the chance of encountering it is very small.

At this time, in a bar club in Sao Paulo.

"Hey, you were the one who suggested that I take action. Why are you trying to stop me this time?" Xue Jin asked. He had already prepared for this action and was originally waiting for them to take action before they left for the away game.

"Don't worry, it's not time yet!" Holden responded.

"Then when will it matter? Now they have returned from the game. Let me tell you clearly, if anything happens again this time, I will definitely deal with you before I finish." Xue Jin threatened.

"I understand! It is only effective to start before the main event starts, and the time must be just right. Their game with Santos was held on April 6, and we started the day before, so they would not have time to adjust. This time

If it works, you can rest assured to put your money on Santos." Horton explained.

"Don't make yourself self-defeating. If they are all in the club and don't come out, or if they all come out together, there will still be no chance to make a move!" Xue Jin said still a little worried.

"That won't happen. Although their internal affairs have almost been cleaned up, I still have an internal agent. He doesn't need to do anything. He just needs to report the situation within the club to me regularly.

It’s just that even if they lose the game, at most they won’t win the championship. You still can’t defeat them fundamentally!” Horton asked rhetorically.

"You don't have to doubt this. It makes sense for me to do this. I heard that he recently set up a gambling company, which should have consumed almost all his remaining funds, but the business is very average. In this case, I

Be a good person and be his big customer for once!" Xue Jin felt proud thinking about that scene.

"But once we take action, we must fight quickly." Holden reminded.

"What are you afraid of? This is Sao Paulo, one of the cities with the worst security in the world." Xue Jin said.

"It seems you still don't understand the situation! This was indeed the case here before, but for some reason, the situation in this area has suddenly improved. What's even weirder is that both the officials and the underworld here seem to have reached an agreement.

Violent crime incidents are dealt with very hard," Horton explained.

“How could this happen?”

Time passed very quickly, and it was April 5th in the blink of an eye. After arranging the pre-match tactics, the management decided to take everyone to a Chinese restaurant they often frequented for dinner in order to relieve the players' pre-match tension.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Figo gave the team members another vaccination. (Drinking is tantamount to destroying the Great Wall for athletes, so the wine here is naturally replaced by juice or tea)

"Although we are playing at home in tomorrow's game, this advantage is not obvious. Facing such an opponent, we need to be more cautious. Counterattack if you have the chance. Don't be impatient if you don't have the chance. Their attacks

The ability is the strongest among the teams we have encountered so far, so we must not give the opponent a chance to score away goals. Do you understand?" Figo finally expressed concern.

"Understood!" the team members said in unison.

"Hey, Xiao Wang, Xiao Mo and Henrik have been out for so long, why haven't they come back yet?" Su Maozhen suddenly said at this time.

Xiao Wang and Xiao Mo are Wang Jinxian and little Moises. Together with Henrik, they were sent out by the coach to buy kebabs for everyone. Little Moises had no idea which Brazilian kebab stall was good or bad.

Hao knows it best, so he took the initiative to bring it up. But not coming back for so long can't help but make people suspicious.

"Yes, they should be back by now. Let me go out and check the situation!" Wang Ziyi went out after getting the coach's consent.
Chapter completed!