All Entries Tagged With: "Atletico-MG"
Brasileiro: Flamengo and Atletico-MG Want it!
Up until last week, the Brasileirao seemed the tournament no one wanted to win. The favorites kept losing points with pale football. But the 30th round shows signs of change by two sides. Flamengo and Atletico-MG want to take the title home after a long time.
While Palmeiras, Sao Paulo, Inter and Goias gave another [...]
Impressive Collections of Jerseys from Brazilian Clubs
The Blog Memoria E. C. has a entertaining series that features fans that collect jerseys of their clubs> There’s a lot of nice material.
The collector of Santos (click here to see pictures) has about 170 jerseys – 155 used by the players.
Highlight: Jerseys signed by Pele and the powerful sqaud from the 60’s.
Three collectors were [...]
Video: Another 2 Brazilian Clubs Advance in the Sudamericana
After the 0-0 in the first-leg, Botafogo received Atletico-PR at home. After 10 matches, Bota won for the first time. Uesley scored forst for Atletico-PR, and in the final moments of first-half, Lucio Flavio tied from the spot. In the second-half, Gabriel scored the second for the home team. Nei tied again for Atletico. And [...]
Video: Inter 3 – 0 Atletico-MG
Inter took on Atletico-MG last night, a match from the 11th round that had been postponed. After a good first-half of the visitors, a trio took Inter to the victory. Edu, ex-Betis, D’Alessandro and Kleber, ex-Brazil International. Edu scored twice. D’Alessandro scored and handed assists. And Kleber handed even more assists. Now, Inter has 40 [...]
Photo: Estudiantes and Atletico-MG United
Estudiantes arrived in Argentina after title of Copa Libertadores. The detail is that the players had with them a flag of Atletico-MG, the main rival of Cruzeiro.
Brasileiro: Atletico-MG reaches the Top; Coaches Get Fired
After the 10th round of Campeonato Brasileiro, Atletico-MG returned to the top after the 3-0 victory in the Belo Horizonte derby. Besides the pathetic red card by Cruzeiro’s Ze Carlos, the men of the match were veteran Junior and forward Eder Luis – even though in his goal goalie Andrey gave a big help. It [...]
The Quickest Red Card in the World
Ze Carlos, forward from Cruzeiro, spent less time on the pitch in the Belo Horizonte derby against Atletico Mineiro than you will spend reading this. With 7 seconds into the match, he elbowed midfielder Renan. Ref Paulo Cesar de Oliveira saw it, and with 15 seconds the red card was up in the air. It [...]
Goofy Footaballer Tributes to Michael Jackson
It seems everyone is paying tribute to the late Michael Jackson (sounds funny, this, hun?). Brazilian players decided to honor the king of pop with embarrassing goal celebrations. The worst? The celebrations brought no luck.
Diego Tardelli, the striker from Atletico, tied the match against Barueri. He did the moonwalk and everything. But Barueri was the [...]
What’s the Limit for Bad Refereeing in Brazil?
For many years now, the level of refereeing has been terrible in Brazil. Last weekend was another one to not be forgotten.
1) Look at the second goal of Santo Andre. Marcel is clearly offside. The linesman has been suspended:
2) Obina was called offside in the most beautiful goal of his career. He clearly wasn’t. Linesman [...]
Humiliation in Dejavu
In 2008, Cruzeiro humiliated its rival Atletico-MG in the first leg of Minas Gerais state championship with a sound 5 – 0. Up to that point, it was the biggest score in the history of the Belo Horizonte derby.
That triggered changes and Alexandre Khalil rose to the presidency of Atletico promising never to be [...]
