What was a matter of time became reality this Thursday (2). Fifty years after the first title, Atlético-MG won the Brazilian Championship again, the second in the club’s history.
With a historic campaign, the Minas Gerais team got the cup after beating Bahia 3-2, in Salvador, with an impressive turnaround, after the Bahia team came to open two goals ahead.
At Fonte Nova, all the goals were scored in the second half. And the turnaround for Athletic began to be built with a goal by the top scorer Hulk, in the 17th minute, with a penalty. Afterwards, Keno scored twice, at 28 and 32 minutes, to the delight of the athletes.
“I’m a fan too, not just a player. We have to celebrate, 50 years is a lot. We’ve fought a lot, now it’s just about celebrating,” cheered the night’s top scorer.
Hulk, who emerged for soccer at Vitória, was happy to seal the conquest in Bahia. “Being able to come back here in Salvador, where I started and be able to celebrate a title of this magnitude… When they sent the trophy photo yesterday [quarta], I looked around and said that this trophy has everything to do with us,” he said.
Coach Cuca valued the entire season. “We had a magical year, we still have a title to dispute with Athletico. But we had a wonderful campaign in Libertadores, fans must be proud, we were champions from Minas Gerais. wanted to crown this year,” he said.
Their happiness contrasts with the sadness of the Bahia players. Luis Otávio and Gilberto had scored for the home team, which is fighting relegation and remains 17th, in the red part of the table, with 40 points.
By adding 81 points, with 25 victories in 36 duels, the team led by Cuca can no longer be reached by Flamengo, which has 70 points, with only 9 more possible to win by the end of the competition.
In addition to the comfortable advantage, the score of the athletes placed the team with a performance superior to that obtained by ten of the other 15 Brazilian champions in the era of points run with 20 clubs.
Only Cruzeiro in 2014 (80), Corinthians in 2015 (81), Palmeiras in 2016 and 2018 (both 80) and Flamengo in 2019 (90) had more points. Of these, the Cariocas are the only ones that cannot be surpassed by Atlético-MG, who still have six more points to dispute by the end of the competition.
The reunion with the Atletica fans, at Mineirão, will be on Sunday (5), in a duel with Red Bull Bragantino.
Playing at home, by the way, was a determining factor for the athletics. After all, the team currently defends a series of 15 consecutive victories as home team, a historic record at Nacional.
This without failing to score away from home. Atlético also has the best performance as a visitor, with 56% of the points earned. In the last round of the Brazilian Nationals, the opponent will be Grêmio, in Porto Alegre, on the 9th — the Gauchos are fighting relegation.
These are numbers that reflect defensive merits, such as the competition’s least leaked defense, with 27 conceded goals, in addition to a powerful attack, which even counts on the top scorer of the championship, Hulk. At 35, he has already rocked the net 18 times.
He is also the team’s top scorer for the season, with 33 goals, and one of the main hopes for the fight for another title. On December 12th and 15th, the team from Minas Gerais will have the decision of the Copa do Brasil, against Athletico.
Until then, athletic fans just want to know how to party. In fact, it’s not even possible to say that the champion’s scream was stuck in his throat. After all, on Sunday (28), after the victory over Fluminense, the players and even coach Cuca celebrated with the crowd at Mineirão.
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