Matheus Pereira opened the scoring for Raposa already in the second half, and Ruan equalized shortly after.
After the tie, the league’s top scorer, Kaio Jorge, was sent off for making a stealing gesture with his hands.
Even with a numerical advantage for most of the final stage, Atlético could not turn the game around.
The first half at Arena MRV saw the home team have the best scoring opportunities.
Atlético-MG was the team that attacked the most and posed danger, especially with the shots of Gustavo Scarpa and Bernard.
But what stood out most in the first stage of the derby were the confusion caused by referee Paulo César Zanovelli.
He showed the wrong card in two separate incidents in the same minute. In both situations he initially showed a red card and quickly corrected himself by showing the yellow card.
The goals were “saved” for the second half and did not take long to arrive after the break.
Just two minutes from time, Gabriel Menino tried to recover the ball but ended up serving to Kaio Jorge.
Against Everson, the top scorer was not selfish and passed to Matheus Pereira, who finished into an empty goal.
The tie came shortly after, from a set piece.
Galo took a quick corner and Guilherme Arana crossed into the area, finding the head of Ruan, who finished into the net.
While Atlético’s players celebrated, Kaio Jorge made a stealing gesture with his hands and was shown a red card, leaving Cruzeiro with one less player.
Galo did not know how to take advantage of his numerical superiority to turn the score around and the match ended in a draw.
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