Paysandu, Nacional start Copa Norte final, eye Copa Verde decider
Paysandu and Nacional-AM face off for the Copa Norte title and one of the spots in the Copa Verde finalCredits: Jorge Luís Totti/Paysandu and Fernando Vasconcelos/Press Release/@nacionalfc1913Paysand...
Paysandu, Nacional start Copa Norte final, eye Copa Verde decider Paysandu and Nacional-AM face off for the Copa Norte title and one of the spots in the Copa Verde final Credits: Jorge Luís Totti/Paysandu and Fernando Vasconcelos/Press Release/@nacionalfc1913 Paysandu and Nacional-AM meet on the night of this Wednesday (20) for the first leg of the Copa Norte final, at 8:00 p. m. (Brasília time), at Mangueirão, in Belém.
The match will be broadcast live on SportyNet and Canal do Benja. The two sides competed for the top spot in Group A during the first phase. At the end of the five rounds, the team from Amazonas finished in first place with 13 points.
Papão, meanwhile, came in second with nine. In the semifinal, Paysandu thrashed fellow Pará club Águia de Marabá 5-1 at Zinho Oliveira, in Marabá. Nacional eliminated Gazin Porto Velho on penalties by 2-0 after a 1-1 draw in the 90 minutes, in a match played at Arena da Amazônia, in Manaus.
The second leg of the Copa Norte final will take place on the 28th at Arena da Amazônia, in Manaus, at 8:00 p. m. Copa Verde The Copa Norte champion will qualify for the Copa Verde final, which will also feature the winner of the Copa Centro-Oeste.