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Corinthians Wins '09 Copa Do Brasil

Posted by Anonymous 7.01.2009


The 2nd leg of the Copa Do Brasil Final in Porto Alegre was an entertaining match that featured goals, a near fight, and red cards. Corinthians entered the match with a 2-0 lead from the 1st leg and did not come out defensively remembering what happened in the '08 Final.

The goals started in the 20th minute when Jorge Henrique headed in a André Santos cross to give Corinthians the 1-0 lead and a 3-0 aggregate advantage. In the 28th minute, left back André Santos ended a skillful passing sequence by roofing a shot past Inter keeper Lauro. André Santos was the starting left back in Brazil's run to their 3rd Confederations Cup title and his goal would seal Corinthians' 3rd Copa Do Brasil trophy.

The 4-0 aggregate was too much for Inter to come back from but O Colorado Gaucho fought back with 2 goals from Alecsandro in the 70th and 75th minutes to finalize the 2-2 second leg scoreline. Right after Alecsandro's 2nd goal, tempers boiled over when Inter midfielder, Andres D'Alessandro with fists drawn chased Corinthians defender William ready to throw down. While no punches were thrown between the two teams it delayed the match and eventually D'Alessandro was red carded along with Corinthians midfielder, Elias.

Corinthians defeated Internacional 4-2 on aggregate to claim the trophy and a place in the group stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores. Corinthians have now completed a domestic double adding the Copa Do Brasil trophy to the Paulista State title they won in May.

http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0007/7449/brand.gif Internacional 2 - 2 Corinthians http://i.media.goal.com/r/4916.jpg
INT: Alecsandro (70' & 75')
COR: Jorge Henrique (20') & André Santos (28')
Corinthians wins Copa Do Brasil 4-2 on aggregate.

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