Clube Atlético Mineiro- May
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2nd Leg of
Campeonato Mineiro Finals.
Clube Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. Today match will be at home and
Estádio Independência is sold out as all 23,000
Galo fans are singing and excited that their team holds a 2-0 lead and are 90 minutes away from their title.
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Now for the line up for today match.
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Same lineup as last game as I'm very confident that
Pratto will do wonders again. I going for a big game from my
Luan and
Datolo. With
Josue out,
Donizete will have to fill in but I'm confident that he will do great. Cruzeiro chance their striker again and with no sign of
Damiao and
Lima, they will have to put fate on
Marquinhos and their
Luan.
The Referee and linesmen enter the field and look at the goalies checking if they are ready to play.
Kickoff: Atletico Mineiro starts.
*TWEET*
25th miinute: Jemerson bring down
Marquinho and the official stop the play.
Jemerson escapes the booking.
Dede lineups for the freekick.
Dede runs and shoots. It goes straight to the net.....
OHHH just of the post. What a chance for
Cruzeiro. Goal Kick for
Atletico.
29th minute: Corner Kick for
Cruzeiro.
Marquinho takes the corner and
Marcelo heads it to
Henrique who gives it back to
Marquinhos.
Marquinhos again crosses the ball to
Joel and he heads it.......
GOOOOOOOOOOL!! Joel make it 1-0 and now
Cruzeiro needs 2 more goal to win it as they know that a tie will make
Atletico win.
Victor is furious at his defenders for watching and not trying.
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31st minute: Leandro Donizete intercepts the ball from
Souza and finds
Atletico's Luan open.
Luan runs pass
Cruzeiro's Luan and gives it to
Pierre who immedately passes to
Cardenas.
Cardenas for the outside shoots.....
MISSES the net. Oh what a poor finish.
32nd minute:
Cardenas runs to the left and crosses to
Pratto. He jumps higher than
Marcelo and heads it......
SAVE by Fabio.
40th minute: Pierre trips
Souza and the referee shows him a Yellow.
43rd minute: Datolo takes the corner. Kicks it and
Pratto heads it.....
OVER THE BAR!! OOOOO what a chance to tie the game.
45th minute: The referee does not add any extra minutes and ends the first half.
OH MAN. We ready need to wake up. Up until
Joel scored
Atletico was not playing properly. Good thing that goal woke them up a bit as they managed to create dome chance but we need to finish better.
2nd Half: Cruzeiro kickoff.
*TWEET*
48th minute: Cruzeiro's Luan receives a Yellow after pulling
Datolo's shirt after he beat him.
50th minute: Throw in for
Atletico.
Marcos Rocha throw the ball into the box straight to
Atletico's Luan.
Luan then runs to the net and crosses over
Fabio and to
Leaonardo Silva and heads it........
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! With the open wide net,
Atletico's Captain ties the game and regains the 2 goal lead on aggregate.
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50th minute: Cruzeiro subs off Joel for
Willian
57th minute: Datolo runs the ball up the field and passes to
Leandro Donizete.
Donizete sees
Junior Cesar running up the flank and finds the open space behind
Dede and
Fabiano. He passes and
Cesar, onside, with his speed goes on a breakaway against
Fabio and kicks it in the right bottom corner.....
GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! OH with that, now
Atletico has a
2-1 lead and a
4-1 aggregate lead.
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62nd minute: Freekick for
Cruzeiro.
Willian takes 10 steps back. He runs and kick it to the box and
Souza header and......
GOOOOOOOOOOOL!! The ball goes straight to the middle as
Victor was slow to defend the ball. Tie game and
4-2 Atletico still leads on
aggregate.
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67th minute: Cruzeiro takes off
Marcelo and puts on
Leo.
70th minute: Atletico takes the tired
Cardenas out and places
Guilherme on the field.
76th minute: Freekick for
Atletico.
Datolo prepares the set piece. He goes back and starts to run. The ball goes over the wall......
SAVED by
Fabio.
78th minute: Both substitution for both teams.
Cruzeiro's Luan runs off the field and hug
De Arrascaeta, who run to position.
Jemerson who did not have a good game is replaced by
Lugano.
80th minute: Corner for
Cruzeiro.
Willian takes the corner but
Lugano heads it clear. But the ball goes to
Henrique, who runs it wide and crosses to
Anselmo Ramon. He heads it and...........
GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! the ball finds the back of the net and now they take a
3-2 but are down
4-3 on aggregate.
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84th minute: Henrique faces
De Arrascaeta open and passes who immediately gives it to
Marquinhos.
Marquinhos finds
Souza running to a open spot and crosses to him. He heads it and......
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Cruzeiro manages to score 3 straight goals to make it
4-4 aggregate and now finds themselves one goal away for completing the upset.
Victor looks at both
Silva and
Lugano and yells at them.
Marcos Rocha is yelling at the
lineman for the offside but tells him to leave and
referee pushes him away. Now the
Galo fans are quiet but now they still can win the title.
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90th minute: The officials add 3 extra minutes.
92nd minute: Freekick to
Atletico.
Datolo sets up the play knowing that a goal will end
Cruzeiro bid of making an historic comeback.
Datolo kicks the ball.
Guilherme jumps and head it......
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! The stadium erupts as
Guilherme runs to the fans and salutes them. I cannot believe it.
Atletico just ended
Cruzeiro comeback and now leads
5-4 on Aggregate.
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93rd minute: Henrique receives a Yellow card for arguing with the official after the goal.
93rd minute: The
Referee whistles and
ATLETICO ARE THE 2015 CAMPEONATO MINEIRO CHAMPIONS for a record
43rd time. Oh what an entertaining game.
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The fans chant and players celebrate.
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As I go to the press conference, I got asked my questions but to summarize. (I'm not very good at creating press conference, sorry)
"I'm happy for with our win. Its good to win my first 1st title as manager for this great club. But overall this game was very poor. All 4 Cruzeiro goals were scored on headers. We have Jemerson, Leonardo Silva and Lugano who are tall players but today they were poor in the air. But Tonight we Celebrate."
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Game review
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Campeonato Mineiro Review
We played some good football in this year championship. During the first 11 games (not including the 1st game), I used mostly my reserves to see which player I can use during the Brasileirão which starts May 10th. Some players surprised my such as Tabata and Marion and others such as Jo and Andre made the a great impression. Some of the highlight was the 11-0 win over Villa Nova and 3-1 win over our local rivals America Mineiro.
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Awards
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With playing in the finals, we qualified to the 2016 Copa do Brasil.
Top Goal Scorer:
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Campeonato Mineiro Team of the Season
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Others were: Dodo finished 2nd place of Campeonato Mineiro Player of the Season and Leonadro finished 3rd in Goal of the Season.
Record News:
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For just the quick results from the other state championship winner for whoever wants to know (I just putting the big ones):
Campeonato Paulista: Corinthians over Santos
Campeonato Carioca: Fluminense over Vasco
Campeonato Gaúcho: Gremio over Internacional
Campeonato Baiano: Vitoria over Bahia
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Next post will be the rest of May. The 2nd leg of Round of 16 game in the Libertadores and the start of Brasileirão.