its goal: Ronaldinho dribbled Auremir and crossed; Fernando Prass flattened, and Jô headed into the goal, leading to delirium nearly 20,000 fans who were at the stadium and made a party. On 16 August, Vasco da Gama drew 2–2 with Coritiba in São Januário, Rio de Janeiro. In the first half, Vasco da Gama, pressed after the defeat against Atlético Mineiro, had a horrible performance, which culminated in the goal of Júnior Urso, after counterattack that began with Éverton Ribeiro. In the second half, Vasco da Gama recovered: in the beautiful play from Carlos Alberto, Felipe equalized the match. At 88 minutes, a free kick from Juninho Pernambucano, Wendel turned the match. The crowd began to party, but two minutes later, Éverton Ribeiro, after crossing scored the equalizer. The crowd, which was celebrating two minutes before, started booing and humiliate the team and his crew until after the end of the match. Club Coaching staff {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position ! Staff |- | Manager | Ricardo Gomes |- | Head Coach | Gaúcho |- | Assistant coaches | Gaúcho Silveira Jorge Luiz |- | Physiologists | Rodnei Daniel Gonçalves |- | Supervisors | Daniel Freitas (football) Fabiano Lunz (logistics) Bruno Coev (heritage) |- | Fitness coaches | Rodrigo Poletto Romildo Armando |- | Masseurs | PC Carlão Curumim |- | Wardrobes | Adão Niltinho |- | Physicologist | Maria Helena Rodriguez |- | Nutritionist | Mildre Souza |- | Press officers | Patrícia Gregório Vinicius Melo |- | Goalkeepers coach | Carlos Germano Other information Official sponsors Eletrobras Penalty Brahma Technogym TIM Brazil Foodservice Group (BFG) Visa Guaraná Antarctica Source: CR Vasco da Gama Kits Players Current squad Squad information As of 21 July 2012. Players with Dual Nationality Fernando Prass Out of loan As of 16 January 2011. Players movement and trades In Loan in Out Loan out Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on 2 December 2012. Players in italic have left the club during the season. |- |colspan="14"|Youth academy's players who participated during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Vasco da Gama first squad) |- |colspan="14"|Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Vasco da Gama) Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Clean sheets Includes all