Clube Atlético Mineiro- New Era


2016 Copa do Brasil

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The Copa do Brasil is a knockout football competition played by 86 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. The Copa do Brasil is an opportunity for teams from smaller states to play against the big teams and episodes of giant-killing have happened at a regular rate throughout the competition's history. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal, and Copa Argentina, among others.


From 2001 to 2012, the Copa do Brasil was played in the first half of the year and in those seasons, due to the busy schedule in the first half of the year in Brazil, teams playing in the Copa Libertadores de América were not allowed to participate in the Copa do Brasil in the same year.


Since 2013, the tournament has run from March to November. Teams that contest the Copa Libertadores de América join the Copa do Brasil directly in Round of 16. Also, the best 8 teams from the previous year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated up to the third round qualify for Copa Sudamericana.

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties. In the first two rounds, if the away team wins the first match by 2 or more goals, it progresses straight to the next round avoiding the second leg. The away goals rule is used in the Copa do Brasil, however, away goals rule is not applied if both teams are from the same city, like happened in 2006 Semi-Final (Fluminense and Vasco) and Final (Flamengo and Vasco) and in 2014 final (Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro).

The winner qualifies for the next year's Copa Libertadores de América.

The eligible teams to compete in the Copa do Brasil are the 70 best-placed clubs in the state championships, in which the number of spots per state range from one to three clubs, plus ten clubs best placed in CBF's ranking.


The 5 Brazilians teams in the Copa Libertadores da América plus the best placed in the previous year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A will join the Copa do Brasil directly in Round of 16.

For the 2016 edition, since Atletico Mineiro played in the Copa Libertadores earlier in the season (Real Life, not in the game story), they were placed in the Fourth Round of the competition. After the draw, they will face:

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Our opponent will be Santos. In the only meeting between the two clubs in this competiton was in 2010 after Santos eliminated Atletico Mineiro in Quarterfinals 5-4 on aggregate, where Santos went on to win the title that same year. Atletico Mineiro only title in this competition was in 2014 after they defeated Cruzeiro.

The Fourth Round looks like:

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July 2016

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Not one of the best month for the club and a big match against America Mineiro.

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América Futebol Clube x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Cannot believe this result. We were better than America in every way possible and we still managed to lose by a stupid own goal. Hyuri made his first start in a long time but failed to impress. We loss Rafael Carioca due to injury.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Coritiba Foot Ball Club

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Terrible result against the last place team. After selling Lucas Pratto to Tottenham, Fred hasn't been the difference maker in the club. Luckily Robinho helped as salvage a point at the end of the game. We need to bounce back with a win if we want to challenge for the title. Also in a non-surpirsing way, another player got injured, this time to Marcos Rocha.

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Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Another draw for us today but at least the draw was against Botafogo. Our scoring problem continues as we getting plenty of opportunities but aren't converting them. Junior Urso will miss the next match due to getting his 3rd yellow card.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Santa Cruz Futebol Clube

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Huge win against Santa Cruz today as the team finally clicked again. Fred and Ronaldinho were the scorers today.

Giovanni and Fabio Santos were named on Team of the Week after the Santa Cruz match.

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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Another loss for us. We are just free falling now. The title challenge maybe bit difficult now, so getting a Copa Libertadores spot is the main objective now. Victor had his first start since his injury in May.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x São Paulo Futebol Clube

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Disappointing game to a very disappointing month. Juan Cazares was sent off after a terrible legged tackle and will miss the next game.

July Review

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Campeonato Brasileiro

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Player of the Month

Patric

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August

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The first half of Campeonato Mineiro is almost over and the start of our Copa do Brasil campaign. Huge match against Cruzeiro at the end of the month.​
 

Player Contract Extension

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Luan and Atletico Mineiro has reached an agreement that will allow Luan to stay with the club until 2020. As the club's key member, this is a great news as we get to keep him for at least four more years. His new contract will start at the end of the season.

The speedy winger joined Atletico Mineiro in 2013. He became of the club top player after Bernard left. He speed and hustle makes him one of the most feared players in the league. Since joining, he help Aletiico Mineiro win the Campeonato Mineiro in 2013, 2015, and 2016; Copa Libertadores in 2013; Copa do Brasil in 2014; Recopa in 2014; and Primeira Liga in 2016.​
 

International Call ups

Three Atletico Mineiro players were called up by their respective national team.

Frickson Erazo

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Frickson Erazo was called up by the Ecuadorian national team as they will face Uruguay and Colombia in September. Erazo may get his 53rd cap against Uruguay.

Romulo Otero

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Romulo Otero was called up by the Venezuelan national team as an emergency backup after Ronald Vargas was injured at AEK. He will face Argentina and Peru in September and will be looking at his 9th cap.

Victor

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Victor was called up by the Brazilian national team, where he will go up against Bolivia and Uruguay. He will be looking at his 7th cap.​
 

Player Loan Out

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Atletico Mineiro and FC Lorient have agreed on loan deal that will send the attacking midfielder to the French League. The loan will last until the end of the Ligue 1 season. The loan also gives Lorient the option to buy him for a fee of $2.3 million. Hyuri has not been featured in my plans throughout the season and I felt like that the chances that I gave him, he was not good for me.​
 

August 2016

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A much better month and the start of Copa do Brasil

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Santos Futebol Clube x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Our struggles continues as loss another game. Trying to play a more attacking tactic in a 4-2-3-1 formation but it was not effective as we only had two chances on target in the first half. Going back to the 4-3-3, we played better but it was not enough.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Clube Atlético Paranaense

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Great win against Atletico Paranaense today. Fred got a hat-trick today and Atetico Paranaense's player scored an own goal. The only down side was that Fabio Santos gave away a stupid penalty. Leonardo Silva had his first start since his injury.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

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Another great win against Ponte Preta. Juan Cazares scored and Ponte Preta's defender scored an own goal. We ended up losing Marcos Rocha and Fred in this game and they will miss the first leg of Copa do Brasil.

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Santos Futebol Clube x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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The first leg of Copa do Brasil was played and will came out of the game with positive as the 2nd leg will be at home. Zeca from Santos was ejected from the game after getting his 2nd yellow. Clayton had his start after Fred was injured.

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Fluminense Football Club x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Huge win for us today. This is our third straight win in Campeonato Brasileiro. We rested our starting eleven since we want to focus on Copa do Brasil. We won by a comeback after both Fred and Ronaldinho scored against their former club.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Santos Futebol Clube

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We qualified to the Quarterfinals of Copa do Brasil after a big win over Santos in the 2nd leg. Clayton scored two goals, Leonardo Silva scored his first goal of the season and Robinho scored against his former club. Leo Silva gave away a bad penalty towards the end but it didn't matter.

The prize money after the Fourth Round:

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Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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After a three game winning streak, we fell back to earth after a terrible game against the league leaders Palmeiras. We couldn't contain Gabriel Jesus and it was all downhill.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

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What a game! We came back down two goals to tie the game against Cruzeiro. Fred got another hat trick. In the first 20 minutes, we were lost and couldn't get a shot. After a couple of changes, we started to attack more and it paid off.

August Review

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Campeonato Brasileiro

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Copa do Brasil

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Player of the Month

Fred

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September

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Continuing Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil.

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The Fourth Round has been played and Atletico Mineiro were victorious against Santos after defeating them 4-1 on aggregate. Now the Quarterfinals and the Semifinals has been drawn, Atletico Mineiro will face:

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Atletico Goianiense in the Quarterfinals. This is the first ever meeting between the two club in this competition. Atletico Goianiense have never won the competition with their best run was in 2010, where they were Semifinalist. Atletico Mineiro won the competition in 2014 after beat their rivals Cruzeiro.

The games:

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The Semifinals draw:

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Atletico Mineiro, if they make it to the Semifinals, they will either face Sport or Vitoria.

The knockout bracket:

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Youth Intake

The youth class of 2016 has promoted to the U20 squad after a trial game.

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The standout of the intake was the attacking midfielder Lucas Henrique. He has the potential to become a one of the best player of the club.

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September 2016

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Slow progress in Campeonato Brasileiro and Quaterfinals of Copa do Brasil.

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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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I thought we had the game won but Leonardo Silva scored an own goal at the end of the game to tie the game. Luan and Gabriel were the goal scorer. Fred was forced out with an injury and will be out 3 months, missing the Copa do Brasil matches.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Associação Chapecoense de Futebol

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Terrible result as we drew against Chapecoense. We dominated the entire game but couldn't covert the chances that we had. Clayton start in place of the injured Fred but was not good enough.. We lost Juan Cazares due to injury. Leandro Donizete will be suspended next game after getting his 3rd yellow card.

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Clube Atlético Mineiro x Sport Club Internacional

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Finally a win after three straight draws. Rafael Carioca and Leonardo Silva were the goal scorer. We are in 7th place at the moment, just under the final spot in Copa Libertadores.

Rafael Carioca was featured in Team of the Week after the match.

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Sport Club do Recife x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Pathetic attempt against Sport. The title race is now a difficult goal for this season. We are now looking at a Copa Libertadores spot for next season.

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Atlético Clube Goianiense x Clube Atlético Mineiro

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We got the game winning goal in the first leg of the Caop do Brasil Quarterfinals against Atletico Goianiense, thanks to Robinho. This away goal gives us the advantage for the second leg.

September Review

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Copa do Brasil

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Campeonato Brasileiro

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Player of the Month

Frickson Erazo

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October

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Second leg of Copa do Brasil Quarterfinals and two derbies against Flamengo and America Mineiro.​
 

International Call ups

Three Atletico Mineiro players were called up by their respective national team for October.

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Frickson Erazo

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Frickson Erazo was called up by the Ecuadorian national team as they will face Peru and Paraguay in the South American World Cup Qualifier. Erazo may get his 55th cap against Peru.

Romulo Otero

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Romulo Otero was called up by the Venezuelan national team as he will face Chile and Bolivia in the South American World Cup Qualifier and will be looking at his 10th cap.

Victor

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Victor was called up by the Brazilian national team, where he will go up against Paraguay and Colombia for the South American World Cup Qualifier. He will be looking at his 7th cap.​
 
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