Vasco da Gama won 2-1 at São Januário, overturning Palmeiras’ one-goal first-leg advantage and taking the Copa do Brasil semifinal to penalties. Yet Palmeiras prevailed 5-4 in the shootout to book a 2026 final against Grêmio.¹

The match accounts broadly agree on the shape of the contest: Palmeiras created early danger, but Vasco struck first through Colidio after a Cuiabano cross. Palmeiras responded after the interval when Piquerez cut inside from the left and fired into the corner. Vasco refused to retreat, however, and Puma Rodríguez’s free-kick equalised the tie again before the final whistle.¹

The decisive difference came from the penalty spot. One report describes Carlos Miguel as the shootout “protagonist,” saying he saved efforts from Lescano and Andrés Gómez. Palmeiras converted enough of their kicks despite Agustín Giay’s miss, while Vasco’s two failed attempts proved decisive.² The other account similarly casts the goalkeeper as the final obstacle, stating that Andrés Gómez had the chance to keep Vasco alive but Carlos Miguel “appeared again” to make the save that sealed Palmeiras’ passage.¹

The reports also frame the result differently beyond the semifinal. The first stresses Palmeiras’ wider run of form, noting that Carlos Miguel has helped the club advance in three consecutive shootouts and that the team remains in contention across multiple competitions.² The second concentrates more closely on Vasco’s resistance and the match’s changing momentum.

There is one practical discrepancy: both place the final on 6 December, but one says it will be played at Brasília’s Mané Garrincha Stadium, while the other says the host stadium has yet to be determined.²¹