Athletic seeks first triumph over Cruzeiro and faces long invincibility celestial in the semifinals of Mineiro under-20
Athletic faces Cruzeiro in the Minero U20 semi-final, looking for their first win and trying to stop a 15-game unbeaten streak at Estadual.
Background: The Alvinegra campaign and the weight of Decagonal
Athletic, led by coach Allan Santhiago, reach the semi-finals of the Under-20 Mining Championship after a tight classification in the Decagonal. The team from São João del Rei, current champion of Interior Mineiro in the category, advanced to fourth and last position.
In the group stage, Athletic was the leader of its key. in the summation of the first phase and the Decagonal, the celestial team, current champion of the tournament, built the second best overall campaign with 39 points, just one less than ATL ethical-MG. Cruzeiro finished the Decathlon in isolated leadership, with 17 points, while Athletica closed with the third best general campaign, adding 35 points.
Development: The celestial invincibility and the history of confrontation
More than the heavy shirt and the status of current champion, Cruzeiro enters the mat-mata packed by a long sequence without defeats. In all competitions, the team has nine games without losing. The last celestial setback occurred in July when Vasco eliminated the team in the quarterfinals of Brasileirão category.
Cruzeiro has not known what it is to lose since 15 matches in Estadual. The last negative result happened on April 18, when the team lost 2-1 to Nacional de Muriaé, playing away from home. Since then, there have been 15 games played, with nine wins and six draws.
On the other hand, Athletic seek to break a taboo: the team has never defeated Cruzeiro in the category. In total, there have been seven matches in history, with six losses and one draw for Alvinegro.
Check out the history of the under-20 clash: - What's going on here?
- Minero 2026: Athletic 0 against Cruzeiro
- Miner 2026: Cruzeiro 3 against 2 Athletic
- Mining player 2025: Cruzeiro 2 x 1 Athletic
- Mining player 2025: Cruzeiro 2 x 0 Athletic
- Mining player 2024: Cruzeiro 5 x 0 Athletic
- Mining player 2023: Athletic 0 x 1 Cruzeiro
- Miner 2022: Athletic 0 against 1 Cruzeiro
Latest developments: The decision of the taboo on round-trip games
The ball rolls to the first game this Sunday at 10am CT at Athletic, marking the beginning of a deciding match between an undefeated team and one that needs to rewrite history against Cruzeiro.
The elimination round will be played on the following Saturday, starting at 15h00, in Toca II, Belo Horizonte.The regulation defines that whoever adds the highest number of points at the end of both games advances.If there is a tie in points, the goal balance is the criterion to define the classified.
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