2011 Copa do Brasil finals

The 2011 Copa do Brasil Finals was a two-legged Brazilian football that determinate the 2011 Copa do Brasil champion. It was played on June 1 and 8. It was contested by Vasco da Gama, the 3rd place in the CBF Club Ranking, and Coritiba, the 2010 Campeonato Paranaense winners.

2011 Copa do Brasil Finals
Event2011 Copa Kia do Brasil
(away goals rule)
First leg
DateJune 1, 2011
VenueEstádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro
RefereePaulo César de Oliveira (SP)
Attendance21,365
Second leg
DateJune 8, 2011
VenueEstádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba
RefereeSálvio Fagundes (SP)
Attendance31,516
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Vasco won the finals on away goals rule.

Background

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Vasco da Gama and Coritiba, two former Brazilian champions, were the last two champions of the Série B (Vasco da Gama in 2009, Coritiba in 2010) and were the "teams-sensation" of Brazilian football.

Vasco da Gama

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Vasco da Gama, after a poor start in the Campeonato Carioca, has rebounded with the arrival of players like Diego Souza, Alecsandro, Bernardo, and especially the coming of the coach Ricardo Gomes, which along with players like Fernando Prass, Dedé, Anderson Martins, Felipe, Éder Luís, Eduardo Costa and Rômulo, not only reaching the Copa do Brasil finals, as well as the Taça Rio Final (on penalties being defeated by archrival, Flamengo).

Vasco da Gama had already played a final before: in 2006, the team lost the competition for his archrival, Flamengo. On this occasion the team cross-Maltin was defeated in both games: 2–0 in the first game and 1–0 in the second.

Coritiba

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Coritiba already had an excellent stage for an undefeated title (Campeonato Paranaense) and a record winning streak unprecedented in football worldwide, getting into the Guinness Book: 24 wins, being broken in the second game of the quarter-final against Palmeiras. The young team led by players like Rafinha, Davi, Marcos Aurélio, Anderson Aquino and the coach Marcelo Oliveira, who continued the work of Ney Franco (who went to the Brazil U-20), charmed and surprised Brazil in the first half of 2011.

Before to that final, the Coritiba had never played a Copa do Brasil finals. His best result in the competition came in 1991, 2001 and 2009, when the team played in the semi-finals in this years.

Road to the Finals

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Vasco da Gama
Opponent Venue Score
  Comercial (MS) Away 1 - 6
Home was not necessary
  ABC Away 0 – 0
Home 2 – 1
  Náutico Capibaribe Away 0 – 3
Home 0 – 0
  Atlético Paranaense Away 2 – 2
Home 1 – 1
  Avaí Home 1 – 1
Away 0 – 2
Coritiba
Opponent Venue Score
  Ypiranga de Erechim Away 0 – 1
Home 2 – 0
  Atlético Goianiense Away 1 – 2
Home 3 – 1
  Caxias do Sul Home 4 – 0
Away 0 – 1
  Palmeiras Home 6 – 0
Away 2 – 0
  Ceará Away 0 – 0
Home 1 – 0

First leg

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Vasco da Gama1–0Coritiba
Alecsandro   51' Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vasco da Gama
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coritiba
GK 1   Fernando Prass (c)
DF 35   Allan
DF 25   Anderson Martins
DF 26   Dedé
DF 32   Márcio Careca
MF 37   Rômulo
MF 8   Eduardo Costa
MF 6   Felipe   66'
MF 10   Diego Souza
FW 31   Bernardo
FW 9   Alecsandro   84'
Substitutes:
G 12   Alessandro
LD 23   Fagner
V 18   Jumar
V 21   Fellipe Bastos   66'
M 11   Jéferson
A 19   Leandro
A 39   Élton   84'
Coach:
  Ricardo Gomes
G 1   Edson Bastos
LD 2   Jonas
Z 3   Demerson
Z 4   Émerson (c)
LE 6   Lucas Mendes
V 5   Willian
V 8   Léo Gago
M 7   Rafinha
M 10   Davi   73'
A 11   Anderson Aquino   73'  
A 9   Bill   70'
Substitutes:
G 12   Vanderlei
LD 13   Maranhão
Z 14   Jeci
V 15   Marcos Paulo   73'
M 16   Tcheco
M 17   Geraldo   73'
A 18   Leonardo   70'
Coach:
  Marcelo Oliveira

Second leg

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Coritiba3–2Vasco da Gama
Bill   29'
Davi   44'
Willian   66'
Report   12' Alecsandro
  57' Éder Luís
Attendance: 31,516
Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (SP / FIFA)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coritiba
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vasco da Gama
G 1   Edson Bastos
LD 2   Jonas
Z 3   Demerson
Z 4   Émerson (c)
LE 6   Lucas Mendes   58'
V 5   Willian
V 8   Léo Gago   59'  
V 11   Marcos Paulo   27'
M 7   Rafinha
M 10   Davi
A 9   Bill  
Substitutes:
G 12   Vanderlei
Z 13   Jeci
LE 14   Eltinho   58'
M 15   Tcheco
M 17   Geraldo
A 16   Marcos Aurélio   59'
A 18   Leonardo   27'  
Coach:
  Marcelo Oliveira
G 1   Fernando Prass (c)
LD 35   Allan
Z 25   Anderson Martins
Z 26   Dedé
LE 33   Ramon
V 37   Rômulo
V 8   Eduardo Costa  
M 6   Felipe   79'  
M 10   Diego Souza   79'
A 7   Éder Luís
A 9   Alecsandro
Substitutes:
G 12   Alessandro
LD 23   Fagner
LE 32   Márcio Careca
V 18   Jumar   79'  
V 21   Fellipe Bastos
M 31   Bernardo   79'
A 39   Élton
Coach:
  Ricardo Gomes

See also

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