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

Vasco won the finals on away goals rule.

Background

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

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

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

Vasco da Gama
OpponentVenueScore
Comercial (MS)Away1 - 6
Homewas not necessary
ABCAway0 – 0
Home2 – 1
Náutico CapibaribeAway0 – 3
Home0 – 0
Atlético ParanaenseAway2 – 2
Home1 – 1
AvaíHome1 – 1
Away0 – 2
Coritiba
OpponentVenueScore
Ypiranga de ErechimAway0 – 1
Home2 – 0
Atlético GoianienseAway1 – 2
Home3 – 1
Caxias do SulHome4 – 0
Away0 – 1
PalmeirasHome6 – 0
Away2 – 0
CearáAway0 – 0
Home1 – 0

First leg

Vasco da Gama1–0Coritiba
Alecsandro  51' Report
Vasco da Gama
Coritiba
GK1 Fernando Prass (c)
DF35 Allan
DF25 Anderson Martins
DF26 Dedé
DF32 Márcio Careca
MF37 Rômulo
MF8 Eduardo Costa
MF6 Felipe 66'
MF10 Diego Souza
FW31 Bernardo
FW9 Alecsandro 84'
Substitutes:
G12 Alessandro
LD23 Fagner
V18 Jumar
V21 Fellipe Bastos 66'
M11 Jéferson
A19 Leandro
A39 Élton 84'
Coach:
Ricardo Gomes
G1 Edson Bastos
LD2 Jonas
Z3 Demerson
Z4 Émerson (c)
LE6 Lucas Mendes
V5 Willian
V8 Léo Gago
M7 Rafinha
M10 Davi 73'
A11 Anderson Aquino 73'
A9 Bill 70'
Substitutes:
G12 Vanderlei
LD13 Maranhão
Z14 Jeci
V15 Marcos Paulo 73'
M16 Tcheco
M17 Geraldo 73'
A18 Leonardo 70'
Coach:
Marcelo Oliveira

Second leg

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
G1 Edson Bastos
LD2 Jonas
Z3 Demerson
Z4 Émerson (c)
LE6 Lucas Mendes 58'
V5 Willian
V8 Léo Gago 59'
V11 Marcos Paulo 27'
M7 Rafinha
M10 Davi
A9 Bill
Substitutes:
G12 Vanderlei
Z13 Jeci
LE14 Eltinho 58'
M15 Tcheco
M17 Geraldo
A16 Marcos Aurélio 59'
A18 Leonardo 27'
Coach:
Marcelo Oliveira
G1 Fernando Prass (c)
LD35 Allan
Z25 Anderson Martins
Z26 Dedé
LE33 Ramon
V37 Rômulo
V8 Eduardo Costa
M6 Felipe 79'
M10 Diego Souza 79'
A7 Éder Luís
A9 Alecsandro
Substitutes:
G12 Alessandro
LD23 Fagner
LE32 Márcio Careca
V18 Jumar 79'
V21 Fellipe Bastos
M31 Bernardo 79'
A39 Élton
Coach:
Ricardo Gomes

See also

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