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.
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 known as 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 undefeated title (Campeonato Paranaense) and a record winning streak unprecedented in football worldwide, getting into the Guinness Book: a record of 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), was the leading team of 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 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
GK1 Fernando Prass (c)DF35 AllanDF25 Anderson MartinsDF26 DedéDF32 Márcio CarecaMF37 RômuloMF8 Eduardo CostaMF6 Felipe MF10 Diego SouzaFW31 BernardoFW9 Alecsandro Substitutes:G12 AlessandroLD23 FagnerV18 JumarV21 Fellipe Bastos M11 JéfersonA19 LeandroA39 Élton Coach: Ricardo Gomes G1 Edson BastosLD2 JonasZ3 DemersonZ4 Émerson (c)LE6 Lucas MendesV5 WillianV8 Léo GagoM7 RafinhaM10 Davi A11 Anderson Aquino A9 Bill Substitutes:G12 VanderleiLD13 MaranhãoZ14 JeciV15 Marcos Paulo M16 TchecoM17 Geraldo A18 Leonardo Coach: Marcelo Oliveira
Second leg
G1 Edson BastosLD2 JonasZ3 DemersonZ4 Émerson (c)LE6 Lucas Mendes V5 WillianV8 Léo Gago V11 Marcos Paulo M7 RafinhaM10 DaviA9 Bill Substitutes:G12 VanderleiZ13 JeciLE14 Eltinho M15 TchecoM17 GeraldoA16 Marcos Aurélio A18 Leonardo Coach: Marcelo Oliveira G1 Fernando Prass (c)LD35 AllanZ25 Anderson MartinsZ26 DedéLE33 RamonV37 RômuloV8 Eduardo Costa M6 Felipe M10 Diego Souza A7 Éder LuísA9 AlecsandroSubstitutes:G12 AlessandroLD23 FagnerLE32 Márcio CarecaV18 Jumar V21 Fellipe BastosM31 Bernardo A39 ÉltonCoach: Ricardo Gomes
See also 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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