Le Galo beat Cruzeiro 3-1 and won the 2022 Mineiro Championship. The Chilean striker was not called up, but he got his fifth crown with the Minas Gerais club. On the other hand, Mauricio Isla’s Flamengo couldn’t beat Fluminense in Carioca’s definition.
Weekend of definitions in Brazilian football, a week before the start of the first division league: the Brasileirao. This Saturday, Atlético Mineiro became state championship champions, after beating Cruzeiro 3-1, its great rival in the state of Minas Gerais. Eduardo Vargas was not in the appointment of coach Antonio Mohamed.
The character of the day was Hulk. The forward, a World Cup player in 2014, scored twice in the 31st and 81st minutes. In addition, he assisted the Argentinian Nacho Fernández, in the 65th minute, for the partial 2-0. Cruzeiro’s surrender, today in the Brazilian Serie B, was over with Edu’s goal.
In this way, the Gaul is triple state champion, something he had not achieved for 40 years. He repeated the successes achieved in the 2020 and 2021 editions. It is customary to celebrate the team of the Chilean Vargas. In the last four months they have won four different titles: the Brasileirao, the Brazilian Cup, the Super Cup and now the Mineiro Championship.
In Turboman’s personal record, it is the fifth trophy he has won with the club, establishing himself as one of the South American giants’ most successful Chileans.
The one who did not have the same fortune was MAURITIUS ISLAND. Flamengo drew 1-1 with Fluminense, in the second leg of the Carioca Championship final. Since losing 2-0 in the first leg, Rio de Janeiro champions Flu with an aggregate score of 3-1. El Huaso was called up but remained on the bench. Rubro-Negro, led by Portuguese Paulo Sousa, is one of Catholic University’s rivals in the Libertadores.
For this Sunday there is the final of the Northeast Cup, a regional contest, between Fortaleza by Angelo Henríquez and Sport Recife by Javier Parraguez. The first leg, played at Arena Pernambuco, was 1-1.
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