Podpah and LOUD SC play for a direct Semi-Final spot on Matchday 4 of the Kings Cup Brazil

The Kings Cup Brazil could have its first semi-finalist on Monday, November 9. If Podpah Funkbol Clube beat LOUD SC at 8 p.m. (Brasília time), they finish top of Group A and go straight to the Semi-Finals. On the same night, Furia FC and DesimpaiN can be knocked out.

Everything starts from the standings after Matchday 3. Every win is worth one point, Shootout wins included, and Group A has four places in the knockout stage after winning the Challenger 3-0; Group B has three. Capim FC, LOUD SC and Podpah are already through. The Group A winner goes to the Semi-Finals and the other six qualified teams play the Quarter-Finals. There is no Last Chance in Brazil.

Podpah Funkbol Clube just need to beat LOUD SC

Podpah are unbeaten (2-0) with two games left. A win over LOUD SC, even in a Shootout, seals first place in Group A: they would reach three wins, and the only team that could match them is Dibrados FC, whom Podpah already beat 4-2 on Matchday 2.

Coringa and Brabox’s team play their last group game. They beat Furia FC 6-5 after trailing 5-4, with 2 goals from Felipe Viana, who now has 5 and shares the scoring lead with Lucas ‘L7’. LOUD SC finish first if they beat Podpah and Furia FC beat Dibrados FC. If LOUD and Dibrados both win, first place goes down to Matchday 5.

Furia FC play for survival against Dibrados FC at 9 p.m.

Furia FC are the only Group A team without a win (0-2). Lose to Dibrados FC and they are out: Dibrados FC and Fluxo FC would both be through, because Fluxo beat Furia in a Shootout on Matchday 1 and that head-to-head breaks a possible tie on one win.

If Furia FC win, Fluxo FC, Dibrados FC and Furia FC will all have one win and the last spot in the group will be settled on Matchday 5, with Dibrados FC against Fluxo FC and Furia FC against Podpah. Dibrados FC arrive on a high after beating G3X FC 4-2 in the Challenger, with a goal from Gutinho, the Draft’s Pick 1.

DesimpaiN, last Split’s champions, could be going home

DesimpaiN sit at the bottom of Group B with Nyvelados FC (0-2) and are coming off an 8-2 defeat to Dendele FC. If G3X FC beat them at 6 p.m., DesimpaiN are eliminated: Capim FC, Dendele FC and G3X FC would already have more wins than they can reach. A win is worth even more for G3X FC: if Dendele FC also beat Nyvelados FC, G3X are through.

Dendele FC qualify if they beat Nyvelados FC at 5 p.m., even in a Shootout. LuquEt4 and Paulinho o Loko’s team are on 2-1. Nyvelados FC are out if they lose that game and G3X FC win; any other combination keeps them alive for the final matchday.

What stays open for Matchday 5

Capim FC, perfect after three games and with Marcos ‘Bolivia’ as the tournament’s top goalkeeper for saves (39), face Fluxo FC in the Challenger at 7 p.m. Group A have already won the series, but the winner of that game gets an extra Secret Card for their first knockout match, as long as they qualify. The final order of Group B’s qualifiers can’t be settled this week, and it all plays out in the Kings Cup Brazil standings.

Matchday 4 is played on Monday, November 9, at the Trident Arena (São Paulo), Brasília time:

• 5 p.m. · Nyvelados FC vs Dendele FC
• 6 p.m. · G3X FC vs DesimpaiN
• 7 p.m. · Capim FC vs Fluxo FC (Challenger)
• 8 p.m. · Podpah Funkbol Clube vs LOUD SC
• 9 p.m. · Furia FC vs Dibrados FC