Trouble in the air between Atlético and Coritiba one week before the big city derby.
Atlético - Coritiba will be played next Sunday in 11th round of the Brazilian championship, however on Wednesday Atlético will have to play the first leg of the Libertadores Final against São Paulo.
That match can't be played in Atlético's stadium because it has a capacity of just 24.000 while the rules of this competition say that the final must be played in a stadium with at least a capacity of 40.000.
The match could be played in the same city, in Coritiba's stadium, but Coritiba refused to lend it to their arch-rivals. So now it seems that Atletico has to play their 'home' match at 700km from Curitiba. São Paulo is very thankful to Coritiba... |
