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Today is 2nd leg of Campeonato Mineiro finals. It's Clube Atlético Mineiro vs Cruzeiro Esporte Clube for the 44th time in this competition finals. The match will be played at Estádio Independência due to Atletico Mineiro having the better record during the League play.
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Over 22,000 Atletico fans are in the stadium cheering and singing as they are waiting for the game to begin.
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Their are even some fans out the stadium waiting the club's bus to arrive.
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As the game is about to start here are the starting XI for both teams
Atletico Mineiro Cruzeiro
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Lucas Candido is coming in for Junior Urso after he was suspended in the 1st leg. Lucas Pratto will the key man for us in scoring today. We need to focus on Cruzeiro's Robinho and De Arrascarta as they will be their main attacking force with Abila, who score with ease.
The referee goes to the middle, signals both keepers if they are ready and whistles
*TWEET*
0 minute: Kick off for Atletico Mineiro.
2nd minute: Victor throws the ball to Marcos Rocha and immediately passes to Luan to the right. Luan runs forward before being held off by Bryan. Luan passes back to Lucas Candido. He finds Marcos Rocha running down the wing and crosses it. Rocha continues the run to the box and crosses into the middle. Lucas Pratto heads...
GOES BY WIDE!!
7th minute: Corner kick for Atletico Mineiro. Romulo Otero takes the corner. Lucas Pratto jumps up higher than Mayke. Pratto heads it...
GOES BY WIDE!!
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12th minute: Lucas Candido collects the ball and findsLuan open on the right. Luan see Marcos Rocha on the right and passes. Rocha runs to the edge of the box and attempts to cross. The ball finds Lucas Pratto and he attempts the volley...
SAVED BY FABIO!!! But the isn't cleared properly as Rafael Carioca gets it and shoots...
SAVED BY FABIO AGAIN!!!! Fabio with two huge saves to keep the game 0-0.
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15th minute: Free kick for Atletico Mineiro after Lucas Romero tripped Lucas Pratto. Romulo Otero prepares to kick the ball. He shoots...
JUST GOES BY WIDE!!
16th minute: Yellow card for Ramon Abila after tripping Leonardo Silva.
21st minute: Goal kick for Cruzeiro. Fabio kicks the ball down the field and Frickson Erazo collects the ball and passes to Fabio Santos. He passes up to Rafael Carioca then immediately gives it to Lucas Candido. Candido gives it to Romulo Otero in the middle and he runs forward. Otero finds Lucas Pratto at the top of the box and he gives a through ball to Luan. Luan is a alone with the keeper...
SAVED BY FABIO!!! Corner kick for Atletico Mineiro.
22nd minute: Romulo Otero takes the corner. The ball finds Frickson Erazo, who heads the ball...
JUST GOES BY WIDE!!!
23rd minute: Yellow card for Lucas Romero after sticking his leg on Romulo Otero.
24th minute: Throw-in for Atletico Mineiro. Marcos Rocha throws in the ball into the box but Manoel clears the ball. Rocha regains the ball and passes to Lucas Candido. He finds Rafael Carioca open in the middle outside the box and passes. Carioca attempts to shoot from distance...
FINGERTIP SAVE BY FABIO!!! Atletico Mineiro are all over their rivals but Fabio is making it difficult for them. Corner kick for Atletico Mineiro.
25th minute: Romulo Otero attempts the corner but Henrique heads the ball clear. Luan regain possession of the ball and gives it to Lucas Candido. He crosses the ball to the right for Otero. Otero runs to the box and crosses it. Lucas Pratto heads it...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL!!!!!! Lucas Pratto finally breaks the deadlock with a fine header against Fabio. Atletico makes it 1-0 and 4-1 on aggregate. Cruzeiro cannot contain Atletico at the moment.
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28th minute: Yellow card for Romulo Otero after tripping De Arrascaeta.
29th minute: Freekick for Cruzeiro. Robinho from Cruzeiro takes the kick and passes to Henrique. He passes back to Robinho. Robinho gives it to Abila just outside the box. He attempts to shoot...
JUST GOES BY WIDE!!!
30th minute: Throw-in for Atletico Mineiro. Marcos Rocha throws it far into the box. Rafael Carioca heads the ball across the goal and Frickson Erazo taps in in the net...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!! Erazo makes it 2-0 and Atletico have a 5-1 advantage. Cruzeiro will need a miracle now to comeback.
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33rd minute: Lucas Candido intercept the ball from Robinho and gives it to the right for Romulo Otero. Otero passes the ball to Luan. Luan beats Bryan at the top of the box and attempts to shoot...
GOES BY WIDE!!!
34th minute: Goalkick for Cruzeiro. Fabio kicks the ball down the field but Leonardo Silva picks up the ball. He passes to Otero in the middle. Otero runs forward with the ball and finds an open Luan with a through ball. Luan attempts to shoot....
JUST OVER THE BAR!!!
45th minute: The official signals 1 more minute of extra time.
45th +1 minute: Freekick for Atletico Mineiro. Victor takes the kick and passes to Leonardo Silva. Silva finds Robinho open on the left side. Robinho run and finds Lucas Pratto running into the box unmarked. He crosses the ball to Pratto. Pratto gets the ball, ends up alone face to face with the keeper and attempts to shoot...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!!!! Lucas Pratto with his 2
ndof the night. He makes 3-0. Atletico Mineiro leads 6-1 on aggregate.
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45th +2 minute: The referee ends the half.
Atletico has an huge advantage over their rivals and only needs 45 minutes to win their 44
th title. Cruzeiro needs 6 goals in 45 minutes to scatch it from Atletico but that is very unlikely.
The 2
nd half is about to begin.
*TWEET*
46th minute: Cruzeiro kicks off.
48th minute: Henrique takes the ball away from Lucas Pratto and starts to run forward. He passes the ball to De Arrascaeta on the left. He runs and passes to Aliba on the left. He waits until De Arrascarta to run pass him and give it to him. De Arrascaeta runs to the box on the left side and cross it in. Cruzeiro's Robinho heads it towards the net...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!!!! Robinho gives Cruzeiro a little life back to the game but the mountain is still huge to climb. 3-1 and 6-2 on aggregate.
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60th minute: Freekick for Atletico Mineiro after Manoel tripped Otero. Romulo Otero takes the kick...
GOES BY WIDE!!!!
63rd minute: Yellow card for Cruzeiro's Robinho after he tripped Rafael Carioca.
65th minute: Substitution for Atletico Mineiro. Romulo Otero coming out for Carlos Eduardo. Double Substitution for Cruzeiro. Rafael Sobis and Lucas Romero comes off and Rick Sena and Uelliton comes in.
67th minute: Throw-in for Atletico Mineiro. Marcos Rocha throws it to Lucas Candido and then passes to Carlos Eduardo. He immediately passes to Marcos Rocha and he runs down, where he passes to Rafael Carioca. Carioca tries to give it to Lucas Pratto but Henrique blocks the pass and Cruzeiro's Robinho gets the ball to start a quick counterattack. He sends it down to the right for Rick Sena and he crosses forward to the open Aliba. Aliba is one on one with Victor and he shoots...
GOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL!!!! Cruzeiro cuts the lead to 1 and now only needs 4 more goals to win the title. Is this the beginning of a comeback?
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69th minute: Goalkick for Cruzeiro. Fabio kicks the ball down the middle but Leonardo Silva heads the ball back. Mayke picks up the loose ball and passes to Robinho, who immediately gives it to Henrique. He gives it Uelliton in the middle. He crosses to the right to Rick Sena. Sena crosses to the middle of the box but the ball makes a weird curve to Victor...
SAVED BY VICTOR!!!
71st minute: Yellow card for Fabio Santos after making a hard contact on Rick Sena.
73rd minute: Substitution for Cruzeiro. Bryan comes off for Edimar.
75th minute: Yellow card for Rafael Carioca after tripping Robinho.
81st minute: Substitution for Atletico Mineiro. Leonan comes in for Fabio Santos.
82nd minute: Yellow card for Lucas Candido after upending Robinho.
90th minute: The 4
th official adds one more minute of extra time.
90th +1 minute: Throw-in for Cruzeiro. Rick Sena gave it to Robinho and he sent it back to Mayke. But the referee blew the final whistle.
ATLETICO MINEIRO DO THE DOUBLE!!!! TAKE ARE THE CAMPEONATO MINEIRO CHAMPIONS FOR THE RECORD 44TH TIME!!! The fans are now cheering, knowing that defeating your rivals is the greatest feeling of all times.
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