- The tie brings together two sides with different objectives: the 'Galo' will be seeking revenge after losing the 2024 Final, while the Uruguayan side will be aiming to reach the decisive match for the first time in their history.
- The first leg will take place at Arena MRV in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday 14 October, with the second leg scheduled for Wednesday 21 October at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.
The side managed by Argentine Eduardo Domínguez have reached the semi-finals after coming through two dramatic knockout ties against fellow Argentine opposition. In the round of 16, they eliminated RB Bragantino after winning 1-0 in Bragança Paulista and drawing 2-2 in the return leg at Arena MRV.
The next round went to a penalty shoot-out after Atlético and Santos finished level at 4-4 on aggregate, following a 2-0 defeat at Vila Belmiro and a 4-2 win in Belo Horizonte. Tomás Cuello's goal — his third consecutive match with a goal in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana — took the tie to penalties, where Gabriel Delfim excelled, saving three spot-kicks to secure the 'Galo's' place in the last four.
Atlético Mineiro in the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana: results, squad and fixtures
Montevideo City Torque have their sights set on an immediate milestone: becoming the first Uruguayan side to reach the CONMEBOL Sudamericana Final. Their record against Brazilian opposition gives them reason to believe. The Uruguayan side remain unbeaten against teams from Brazil in CONMEBOL competitions, with two wins and two draws.
Their quarter-final tie was a display of character, sporting pride and the ability to respond in adverse circumstances. The 'Ciudadanos' lost the first leg 2-0 away to Cienciano, the 2003 champions, in Cusco. Back in Montevideo, with Salomón Rodríguez in outstanding form, they turned the tie around with a 3-0 win, securing the best international campaign in the club's 19-year history. The Uruguayan forward scored twice to take his tally in the 'Great Conquest' to seven goals and has become the clear focal point of Marcelo Méndez's pragmatic, competitive attack.
Montevideo City Torque in the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana: results, squad and fixtures
Match details:
Stadium: Arena MRV, Belo Horizonte.
Date and kick-off: Wednesday 14 October, 7pm.
Referee: Carlos Betancur (COL)
VAR: David Rodríguez (COL)
- Atlético Mineiro have played just two knockout ties against Uruguayan opposition in CONMEBOL competitions. Both came in the preliminary rounds of the 2019 Libertadores, when they eliminated Danubio in Phase 2 and Defensor Sporting in Phase 3.
- Atlético Mineiro will look to become the second team to reach the CONMEBOL Sudamericana Final in consecutive editions. Boca are the only side to have achieved this so far, winning back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005.
- If they win the tie, City Torque will become the first Uruguayan club to qualify for a CONMEBOL Sudamericana Final. This century, Peñarol are the only Uruguayan side to have reached a final in a CONMEBOL competition, facing Santos in the 2011 Libertadores.
- Atlético Mineiro have won 15 of their last 18 home matches in CONMEBOL competitions, drawing two and losing one. During that run, they beat both Uruguayan sides they hosted: 3-2 against Peñarol in the 2024 Libertadores and 2-1 against Juventud de Las Piedras in the 2026 Sudamericana.
- City Torque are unbeaten against Brazilian opposition in CONMEBOL competitions, with two wins and two draws. They are the fourth team to have played at least four matches against Brazilian sides in these competitions without losing, alongside Águilas Doradas (two wins, two draws), Ferro Carril Oeste (three wins, one draw) and Independiente Rivadavia (one win, three draws).
- Atlético Mineiro have scored four goals following elaborate sequences involving more than ten passes before the shot since the start of the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana, at least twice as many as any other team in this year's competition. São Paulo and Olimpia are next, with two each.
- Salomón Rodríguez of City Torque is the leading goalscorer in the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana, with seven goals. Only 13 players have scored more than that in a single edition of the competition. The only player to do so for a Uruguayan club was Agustín Álvarez Martínez, who scored ten for Peñarol in 2021.
- City Torque have spent the highest average number of minutes per match in the lead (46.5) since the group stage of the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana began. The Montevideo side have been behind for only two of their 11 matches in this edition, both away from home: for 62 minutes against Riestra in the group stage and 74 minutes against Cienciano in the quarter-finals.
- Tomás Cuello has scored in three consecutive matches for Atlético Mineiro in the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana. The Argentine forward has been directly involved in at least one goal in five of his six appearances in this edition, with three goals and four assists.
- Atlético Mineiro goalkeeper Everson has the highest goals-prevented figure in the 2026 CONMEBOL Sudamericana, at 5.01. Meanwhile, City Torque goalkeeper Franco Torgnascioli leads the competition for crosses claimed, with 12.
