The Atlético Mineiro Gazette
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Age has not caught Junior Alonso yet — 7.81
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.81 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Gustavo Scarpa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlético Mineiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Kawê is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match19 Sep 2026
Gustavo Scarpa sends Atlético Mineiro past Vitória
It finished 2‑0, and it was Gustavo Scarpa’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Atlético Mineiro.
Match19 Sep 2026
Gustavo Scarpa at the heart of a fast Atlético Mineiro start
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Gustavo Scarpa in the middle of it, and Vitória unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Alexsander
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Gustavo Scarpa at his very best
- Squad Tomás Cuello gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Igor Gomes runs at them all day
- Squad Words at Atlético Mineiro training over how hard people work