2017 Copa do Brasil Finals
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| Cruzeiro won 5–3 on penalties | |||||||
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| Date | 7 September 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Willian Arão (Flamengo) | ||||||
| Referee | Marcelo Aparecido Ribeiro de Souza (São Paulo) | ||||||
| Attendance | 66,165 | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Juan (Flamengo) | ||||||
| Referee | Luiz Flávio de Oliveira (São Paulo) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,017 | ||||||
The 2017 Copa do Brasil Finals was the final two-legged tie that decided the 2017 Copa do Brasil, the 29th season of the Copa do Brasil, Brazil's national cup football tournament organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.
The finals were contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Flamengo, from Rio de Janeiro, and Cruzeiro, from Minas Gerais.[1] Both teams reached the Copa do Brasil finals for the seventh time, and the second time they faced each other in this stage. The first one was in the 2003 Copa do Brasil finals.
A draw by CBF was held on 24 August 2017 to determine the home-and-away teams for each leg.[2] The first leg was hosted by Flamengo at Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro on 7 September 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Cruzeiro at Mineirão in Belo Horizonte on 27 September 2017.[3]
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Cruzeiro defeated Flamengo 5–3 on penalties in the finals to win their fifth title. As champions, Cruzeiro earned the right to play in the 2018 Copa Libertadores Group stage and the 2018 Copa do Brasil Round of 16.[4]
Teams
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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6 (1990, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013) |
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6 (1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2014) |
Road to the final
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
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Round | | ||||
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| Opponent | Venue | Score | Opponent | Venue | Score | |
| Bye | First Round | |
Away | 1–2 | ||
| Second Round |  |
Home | 6–0 | |||
| Third Round |  (won 5–0 on aggregate) |
Away | 0–2 | |||
| Home | 3–0 | |||||
| Fourth Round |  (won 3–2 on aggregate) |
Away | 0–2 | |||
| Home | 1–2 | |||||
 (won 2–1 on aggregate) |
Home | 0–0 | Round of 16 |  (won 1–0 on aggregate) |
Home | 1–0 |
| Away | 1–2 | Away | 0–0 | |||
(tied 4–4 on aggregate, won on away goals) |
Home | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | (tied 4–4 on aggregate, won on away goals) |
Away | 3–3 |
| Away | 4–2 | Home | 1–1 | |||
(won 1–0 on aggregate) |
Away | 0–0 | Semi-finals |  (tied 1–1 on aggregate, won 3–2 on penalties) |
Away | 1–0 |
| Home | 1–0 | Home | 1–0 | |||
Format
In the finals, the teams play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[5]
- The finals are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The home-and-away teams for both legs were determined by a draw held on 24 August 2017 at the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule and extra time would not be used and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. (Regulations Article 12.c).
Matches
First leg
In the second leg of the Semi-finals against Botafogo, Paolo Guerrero (Flamengo) picked up a yellow card which meant he was suspended for the first leg of the Finals.
In the first leg, Lucas Paquetá, who was selected as Guerrero's substitute, opened the scoring in the 75th minute when he smashed in the rebound after Cruzeiro goalkeeper Fábio blocked a Willian Arão's shot. The equalizer came in the 83th minute when Thiago failed to block a long-range shot from Hudson, allowing De Arrascaeta to take advantage of the rebound.[6][7]
| Flamengo |
1–1 | |
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Lucas Paquetá  |
Report | De Arrascaeta |
          Flamengo
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     Cruzeiro
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Man of the Match:[9]
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Second leg
Rafael Sóbis (Cruzeiro), booked in the first leg, and Thiago (Flamengo), scaphoid fracture of the left hand, were ruled out of the second leg. In the second leg, Cruzeiro and Flamengo drew 0-0 at the end of normal time. Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Cruzeiro won on penalties.[10]
| Cruzeiro |
0–0 | |
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| Report | ||
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Henrique  Léo Hudson Diogo Barbosa Thiago Neves |
5–3 |  |
  Cruzeiro
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 Flamengo
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Man of the Match:[12]
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See also
References
- ↑ "Flamengo e Cruzeiro vencem e vão decidir o título" (in Portuguese). CBF. 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "Cruzeiro decide em casa; Fla abre final" (in Portuguese). CBF. 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Maracanã e Mineirão serão os palcos da Final" (in Portuguese). CBF. 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "Nos pênaltis, Cruzeiro vence o Fla e fatura título" (in Portuguese). CBF. 27 September 2017.
- ↑ "Regulamento Específico da Competição - Copa do Brasil 2017" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 December 2016.
- ↑ "Flamengo e Cruzeiro empatam no 1° jogo da decisão" (in Portuguese). CBF. 7 September 2017.
- ↑ "Gol impedido, falha de goleiro e placar de 2003: Fla e Cruzeiro empatam no Maraca" (in Portuguese). Globo. 7 September 2017.
- ↑ "Marcelo Aparecido apita primeiro jogo" (in Portuguese). CBF. 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "Willian Arão lamenta 'gol bobo', mas acredita em título: "Não tem nada definido"" (in Portuguese). Torcedores. 8 September 2017.
- ↑ "Entenda como o Cruzeiro bateu o Flamengo e chegou ao penta da Copa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Globo. 28 September 2017.
- ↑ "#FinalCopaDoBrasil Luiz Flávio de Oliveira apita" (in Portuguese). CBF. 25 September 2017.
- ↑ "'Vinho Juan': eleito craque da decisão, Juan se destaca e ganha elogio do presidente do Fla" (in Portuguese). Esporte Interativo. 28 September 2017.