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While Atlético-MG disputed the game against Athletico-PR for the 2021 Brazilian Championship, the Minas Gerais Federation gathered the 12 clubs from the first division of the Minas Gerais Championship for arbitration. There was a change in the format of the State for 2022, and only Galo was against it. The final will be in a single game. And Atlético, which feels prejudiced, is even considering playing in the next edition, sparing its main players.
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In contact with the give, the president of Galo, Sérgio Coelho, explained why the club is against the single final, listing factors that range from the distribution of fans in the decisive match (which tends to be in Mineirão), and even the division of income, thinking about the possibility of a team from the interior being a finalist. Not to mention that there is a drop in the advantage of having the best campaign in the first phase and benefiting from a tie in the aggregate score in the knockout.
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“The team that has the best campaign, in the final, this best campaign is worthless, it’s no match, it discourages the club from playing the qualifying phase with its main team, the league will lose a lot technically. Was it a draw? Will it be a penalty Athletic feels harmed by the changes. And the club was not even consulted, there was no debate. It arrived at the meeting and everything was decided, everyone voted and it was over” (Sérgio Coelho)
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– That wasn’t cool, we’re not happy. Atlético protests, and we think that the Federation was not happy in acting that way. We didn’t expect this from the FMF at all. We don’t want to benefit from anything, at any time. But the changes were bad for the championship. And the state championship, which is no longer highly valued, unfortunately, got even worse. We are not happy – said the representative.
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Atlético-MG Minas Gerais champion of 2021 — Photo: Agência i7/ Mineirão
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The president received the details of the Mineirão meeting from the two Galo representatives at the meeting – Luiz Fernando Pimenta Ribeiro, the club’s legal director, and João Paulo Silveira, from the technical department. The proposal to change to a single final was presented by the clubs, and Atlético, despite being the current champion and having the vote with greater weight, was won.
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According to Sérgio Coelho, the situation was previously agreed between the other 11 participants in Module I of the Minas Gerais Championship, and there was not even a debate for a new alternative.
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– It was reported to me that, when they got there, there were already changes in place. There was not even space to discuss what they wanted to change. And they changed. I don’t think they were beneficial to football. There is even a little inconsistency
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“This (final) phase should be in two games, due to the importance, movement that is created, of cheering, enthusiasm, and all that. But, no, they cut the best part of it, which were two matches for one game. If they wanted to. decreasing a date on the calendar that was in the qualifying phase, which went from 11 games to 10, this phase is very exhausting because of difficult travels and generates financial loss, but they preferred to cut a game from the prime phase which is the very final, simply incomprehensible. We hope that the FMF goes public with explaining this. It is a great loss and I even think it is unintelligent” (Sérgio Coelho)
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President of Atlético-MG, Sérgio Coelho — Photo: Disclosure/Atlético
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Atlético won the Minas Gerais 2021 Championship after being the best team in the first phase and taking advantages for the knockout. The two goalless draws against America, in the round-trip final, returned the trophy to Lourdes Headquarters. In 2022, Galo will seek the tri-championship, and the first phase can be played with an alternative team from Cuca.
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– As the team with the best campaign will not benefit in the final, they play head-to-head, and Atlético will probably compete in the 2022 Mineiro Championship with the junior team. Probably. We are thinking about this seriously. Because there is no attractiveness of playing Mineiro with the main team, building an advantage that won’t exist in the final – completed Sérgio Coelho.
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