With Mineirão as a weapon, Atlético-MG is getting closer and closer to the title of the Brazilian Championship. The team won at home for the 13th consecutive time in the competition by making Corinthians the victim on Wednesday night (10).
Diego Costa, Keno and Hulk scored the goals of the Minas Gerais team, which they won 3-0, in a duel for the 31st round of the Nacional.
The sequence of positive results in their stadium is a record in the straight points era, which began in 2003. In 48 possible points at Mineirão in the current Brazilian Championship, Atlético won 43. The only defeat came in the first round, against Fortaleza.
The score made Atlético-MG reach 68 points in 31 games. They are 13 ahead of Palmeiras, in second place. But the team from São Paulo also plays this Wednesday, against Atlético-GO, at Allianz Parque. There are seven rounds to the end of the competition.
Led by Cuca, the team is close to winning the title after 50 years. In 1971, Atlético-MG won what was then the first Brazilian Championship in history. But in this decade, the CBF recognized the trophies of the Taça Brasil and the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament, played in the 1960s and 1950s, also as national achievements.
Atlético-MG dominated Corinthians even without the presence of Argentine Nacho Fernández, one of its main players. He felt muscle pain in training this Tuesday (9) and was not available to Cuca.
It was the confrontation of the two main defenses of the championship. The miners entered the field with 22 goals conceded. Paulistas, with 26.
The tactical scheme planned by Sylvinho collapsed after 13 minutes, when Diego Costa landed a shot from outside the area. And in this, the miners also had the dose of luck needed by every champion team. Cassio slipped when starting for the jump and failed to reach the ball.
The Corinthians coach tried to change the team with the entries of Jô and Vitinho, but without success. When that happened, Keno had already scored a great goal by hitting the left corner in the final stage. In additions, Hulk scored the third and closed the victory at Mineirão.
Next Tuesday (16), Atlético-MG will face Athletico, in Curitiba. Before that, on Saturday (13), Corinthians plays at home, at Neo Química Arena, against Cuiabá.
Marinho ends fast and Santos beats Bragantino in Vila
Santos won this Wednesday night (10) the Red Bull Bragantino, by 2-0, in Vila Belmiro, in a game valid for the 31st round of the Brazilian Championship.
Scorer of the goal that opened the Santos victory, forward Marinho returned to the net after four months without scoring. In the 28th minute of the first half, he took advantage of a rebound by goalkeeper Cleiton in a shot by Diego Tardelli and headed in his fifth goal in the competition, his eighth in the season.
In the additions of the final stage, Marinho himself suffered a penalty after a counterattack in Alvinegro. Uruguayan Carlos Sánchez charged and increased the score.
With the triumph, coach Fábio Carille’s Santos went to 38 points on the Brazilian table. Red Bull Bragantino remains with 49.
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