At Maracanã, Corinthians defeated Vasco 2-1 this Sunday (21), and were crowned four-time champions of the Copa do Brasil, after a 0-0 draw in the first leg."Following tradition," Corinthians' fourth ...
At Maracanã, Corinthians defeated Vasco 2-1 this Sunday (21), and were crowned four-time champions of the Copa do Brasil, after a 0-0 draw in the first leg.
"Following tradition," Corinthians' fourth Copa do Brasil title was won away from home. In 1995, Timão beat Grêmio at the old Estádio Olímpico.
Then, in 2002, against the surprise team Brasiliense, Corinthians won their second title playing in the federal capital. Finally, in 2009, the third title came at Beira-Rio against Internacional.
The first half was filled with much more nervousness than good football.
Timão opened the scoring before the 20-minute mark with Yuri Alberto—who would go on to miss a very similar chance shortly after.
But the Gigante da Colina equalized at the end of the first half, with Nuno Moreira, with a header.
After the break, every ball challenge became fiercer, with tempers running high.
There was no shortage of shoving matches among the players and a lot of pressure on the refereeing.
Clear goal chances, as in the first half, were scarce.
However, again before the 20-minute mark, Breno Bidon made a great individual play, dribbling past Cauan Barros in midfield and setting up Matheuzinho.
The right-back once again found Yuri Alberto in the box, who wasn’t selfish and passed to Memphis Depay, unmarked and with no goalkeeper, to slot the ball into the back of the net.
In stoppage time, after a foul at the edge of the box, Rayan unleashed a rocket, but Hugo Souza made a great save.
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