A REALLY BIG UPDATE

Sorry guys for not posting anything in a while now, I was out of town, but now I’m back and ready to begin again. Here are the results you missed: Wed. 8 Cruzeiro 2 – 0 Sport, Sun. 12 América RN 1 – 2 Cruzeiro, Thu. 16 Goiás B 2 – 0 Cruzeiro B (first leg of the Copa Sudamericana) and yesterday’s clash between Cruzeiro and Fluminense ended 4 – 2 for Cruzeiro, who got their fifth straight victory in the Brazilian championship.

Cruzeiro 4 – 2 Fluminense
Going into this one Cruzeiro had lost their last four matches at home against Fluminense and knew that they had a tough match ahead of them. Yesterday’s Cruzeiro vs. Fluminense match was one of the most emotional games of the season so far. The game started with the home team, Cruzeiro, applying all the pressure and it only took three minutes for it to pay off, Cruzeiro had taken the lead through Alecsandro. Fluminense got a bit of momentum going for them later in the half and managed to tie it all up in the 22nd minute, with a goal from Arouca. We went into halftime with the score tied 1 – 1, and both teams still had everything to play for. In the second half, much to the sorrow of Cruzeiro’s home crowd, Fluminense completed their comeback 2 – 1, in the 70th minute, the goal coming from Thiago Neves. That scoreline wouldn’t hold though, because in th 77th Alecsandro, again the hero, scored to tie things up 2 – 2. Pressured by the fans, Cruzeiro needed another goal to take the lead, and once again Alecsandro, the hat-trick hero, scored in 89th minute to give The Celestials the lead once more. Cruzeiro would even get another one, this time from youngster Marcelo Moreno in the 90th. Cruzeiro complete the comeback in style and the home fans loved it, 4 – 2 is your final score.

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This was a big result for Cruzeiro and are now second in Brazil, trailing S%C3%A3 Paulo by six points – Cruzeiro has played one less game and can reduce the six-point margin to three – Vasco is right behind us with with 34 points, just one point less then Cruzeiro. It was a big result for Cruzeiro, especially without our two top scorers, Guilherme and Roni. Cruzeiro now know that they have another player that can score goals, Alecsandro. The guy’s got seven goals and has only played four matches! He came back from a loan spell in Portugal with Sporting, got himself some European experience and has now come back and has been on fire. He is now only trailing the tournaments top scorers, André Lima (Botafogo) and Josiel (Paraná), by five goals – keep in mind that André Lima and Josiel have 12 goals, but have played five times more matches than Alecsandro has! Cruzeiro are now in a good position, but have got to keep their feet on the ground and understand that a lot can still happen. The players need to keep it humble!

The Game
Cruzeiro 4 x 2 Fluminense, Sunday, August 19th, 2007, 5:10 ET – Mineirão, 20th round of the Campeonato Brasileiro 2007 – Attendance: 17,046 paid, 18,655 present – Profit: R$211,535.00 – Referee: Cleber Wellington Abade (SP) – Assistant referees: Márcio Luiz Augusto and Nilson de Souza Monteiro (SP) – Yellow card(s): Arouca, Romeu, David, Berna (Flu); Martinelli, Marcelo Moreno (Cru) – Goals: Alecsandro, 3rd, Arouca, 23rd, Thiago Neves, 69th, Alecsandro, 76th, 88th, Marcelo Moreno, 90th minute – Cruzeiro: Fábio; Jonathan, Emerson, Thiago Martinelli and Fernandinho; Leo Silva (Charles) and Ramires, Leandro Domingues and Wagner; Alecsandro and Nenê (Diego, later, Marcelo Moreno). Manager: Dorival Júnior / Fluminense: Ricardo Berna; David, Thiago Silva, Luiz Alberto and Júnior César; Romeu, Arouca, Maurício and Thiago Neves (Cícero); Rodrigo Tiuí and Somália (Soares). Managers: Renato Gaúcho. – Historically – 56th Cruzeiro x Fluminense. Cruzeiro has won 16, tied 15, lost 25, scored 76 goals and suffered 93 goals. In the Brazllian championship, there’s been 33 matches. Cruzeiro has won 9, tied 12 and lost 12. The two teams have never met each other in any final.
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