Holding a slender 2-1 advantage from the home-leg, Vasco travel to Argentina for Wednesday"s clash without their best defender.
“He [Dede] still complained of some minor pain in the area," a member of the club"s medical staff, Alexandre Campello, told Globo Esporte.
“It"s a complicated case of stress, which requires extra care. As time is short we decided it would not be prudent to go back at the moment as it could result in an aggravation of the injury."
