The Atlético Mineiro Gazette
Match20 Apr 2030
No mercy from Atlético Mineiro
Novorizontino will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Atlético Mineiro were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings22 Apr 2030
A brace, and Reinier takes the afternoon — 8.19
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Reinier provided it, and the 8.19 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad22 Apr 2030
A falling-out at Atlético Mineiro
Iván Román and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom22 Apr 2030
Graduation day at Atlético Mineiro
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market22 Apr 2030
One of our own: Leonardo Nogueira joins the Atlético Mineiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leonardo Nogueira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Apr 2030
One of our own: Roberto Rangel joins the Atlético Mineiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Rangel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Apr 2030
Atlético Mineiro promote Vitor Farias from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vitor Farias has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market22 Apr 2030
One of our own: Arthur Ribeiro joins the Atlético Mineiro first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arthur Ribeiro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings22 Apr 2030
Gabriel Menino was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.20. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
In brief
- Squad 29 clean sheets for Dyogo Alves
- Boardroom Atlético Mineiro board go back on their word
- The dugout Gabriel Menino gets picked when it counts