Event | 2011 Copa Kia do Brasil | ||||||
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Date | June 1, 2011 | ||||||
Venue | Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
Referee | Paulo César de Oliveira (SP) | ||||||
Attendance | 21,365 | ||||||
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Date | June 8, 2011 | ||||||
Venue | Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba | ||||||
Referee | Sálvio Fagundes (SP) | ||||||
Attendance | 31,516 | ||||||
The 2011 Copa do Brasil Finals was a two-legged Brazilian football that determinate the 2011 Copa do Brasil champion. It was played in June 1 and 8. It was contested by Vasco da Gama, the 3rd place in the CBF Club Ranking, and Coritiba, the winners.
Vasco won the finals on away goals rule.
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, 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).