T<\/span>The Campeonato Mineiro final between Cruzeiro and Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro, played at the Mineiro Stadium in Belo Horizonte, will go down in history for an on-pitch scuffle between members of both teams in the final minutes and for the 23 red-offs handed down by the referee after the match, which were not shown at the time due to the scale of the disturbance.<\/p>\nThe 23 red cards set a new record in Brazilian soccer history, surpassing by one the number of red cards given in the 1954 Rio S\u00e3o Paulo match between Portugal and Botafogo.<\/p>\n
Caio Jorge’s goal in the 60th minute gave Cruzeiro a 1-0 advantage, but an argument broke out between Cruzeiro’s midfielder Cristian and Atl\u00e9tico MG’s goalkeeper Everson, who were fighting over the ball, and a violent brawl broke out with punches and kicks flying all over the pitch.<\/p>\n
From that moment on, a tremendous brawl broke out, starting in front of the goal and eventually reaching practically the other goal with blows, punches, kicks, races, etc., and took a long time to subside in order to play out the final moments of the match.<\/p>\n
record in history<\/h2>\n
Referee Mateus Kandaan subsequently decided on 23 sending offs, of which 21 were justified as “the player was sent off because he was unable to show a red card due to confusion due to the act of punching, punching or kicking an opponent during a scuffle after the end of the match.”<\/p>\n
The two exceptions were Christian, who was sent off for “hitting Everson in the head with his shin with excessive force and intensity,” and the goalie for “brutally attacking an opponent and hitting him with a knee to the face.”<\/p>\n
Renan Roddy and Hulk are involved.<\/h2>\n
The other 21 sent off were Cruzeiro, Casio, Fagner, Fabricio Bruno, Joao Marcelo, Villalba, Kaua Prates, Lucas Romero, Matheus Enrique, Wallace, Gerson and Caio Jorge. and Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro, Gabriel Delfim, Preciado, Llanco, Luan Tresoldi, Junior Alonso, Renan Lodi, Alan Franco, Alan Minda, Casiera, Hulk.<\/p>\n
“He was sent off for punching and kicking an opponent during a scuffle at the end of the match, but due to confusion a red card could not be presented,” the referee’s report said. All must serve their suspensions at next year’s Campeonato Mineiro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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