Atlético Mineiro returns to be four-time champion Mineiro

Atlético Mineiro defeats America and wins the 48th Minas Gerais title. Winning the first game by 3-2, América needed to defeat Atlético by two goals difference to become champion, but Sunday (09) Coelho lost the second game by 2-0 and was runner-up. Galo is four times champion again after 42 years and increases its advantage as the biggest champion of the State.

The Mineiro Championship began in 1915 and was won by only seven clubs Atlético, 48 titles, Cruzeiro, 38 titles, América, 16 titles, Villa Nova, 5 titles, Siderúrgica, 2 titles, Caldense and Ipatinga, 1 title each. Atlético, for the third time won a third championship, this fact had occurred between 1952 and 1955, in 1956 won the penta, and between 1978 and 1981.

_{Photo: Hulk celebrating the first goal. Reproduction: Flickr/Atlético-MG}

The Rooster was champion in the following years: 1915, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932*, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956**, 1956 , 1962, 1963, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020 , 2021, 2022 and 2023.

* In 1932, Atlético won the Liga Mineira Esportes Terrestres (LMDT) championship, while Villa won the Associação Mineira de Esportes Geraes (AMEG) championship. ** In the 1956 title, the title was divided between Atlético and Cruzeiro, the final that at the time was decided in the best of three, but after information emerged that Atletico had entered defender Laércio in an irregular manner, Cruzeiro filed an appeal asking for the points of the second game, which had ended in a draw. The legal fight lasted until 1959, and the FMF tried to book another match, but the cubles chose to share the title.

In Sunday’s game (09) Atlético, in front of its fans, was crowned champion winning by 2 to 0, the two goals of Hulk, top scorer of the Campeonato Mineiro. América had a chance to cash in on the scoreboard, with a penalty kick, but Wellington Paulista’s kick stopped at Éverson. Now both teams are preparing for their respective games in the Copa do Brasil, on Wednesday (12), Atlético will face Brasil de Pelotas at 21:30 (Brasília time) and América will face Nova Iguaçu at 16:30 (local time). from Brasilia).

Featured photo: Atlético lifting the cup. Playback: Atlético Mineiro official website