Brazilian Football Matches Continue Amid Carnival Festivities with Key Broadcasts This Weekend
Amid Brazil's Carnival weekend, crucial football matches across regional and national leagues are being broadcast live, including relegation battles and the Brasileirão Feminino kickoff.
- • Metrópoles Esportes broadcasts six key matches from Catarinense and Paulistão A2 championships on YouTube.
- • Quadrangular da Morte relegation battle features Marcílio Dias vs. Figueirense and Joinville vs. Carlos Renaux on Feb 13.
- • Paulistão Série A2 games include Ituano leading standings and four matches broadcast on Feb 14.
- • Brasileirão Feminino 2026 kicked off on Feb 13 with Atlético-MG vs Corinthians, played behind closed doors due to Carnival.
Key details
As Brazil celebrates Carnival over the weekend, football action remains vibrant with multiple matches scheduled across national and regional leagues. The YouTube channel Metrópoles Esportes will broadcast six important games from the Catarinense Fort Atacadista and Paulistão A2 Rivalo championships for free. On Friday, February 13, the focus is on the Quadrangular da Morte in the Catarinense Championship where teams fight to avoid relegation: Marcílio Dias faces Figueirense at 19:30, followed by Joinville versus Carlos Renaux at 21:00. Joinville stands at the bottom of the table without any points, heightening the stakes.
This article was translated and synthesized from Brazilian sources, providing English-speaking readers with local perspectives.
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Start date of Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino
Sources disagree on the start date of the Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino.
agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br
"the Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino kicking off on Friday"
veja.abril.com.br
"February 13 marks the kickoff of the highly anticipated Brasileirão Feminino 2026"
Why this matters: Source 315114 states that the Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino kicks off on Friday, February 13, while Source 315119 claims it starts on February 13. This discrepancy could confuse readers about the actual start date of the tournament.